Edward Ballinger

{{short description|American fencer}}

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| birth_name = Edward Pennington Ballinger

| fullname = Edward Ballinger

| nickname = Ed Ballinger

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|25}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, United States

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| country = United States

| sport = Fencing

| event = Men's Foil and Men's Epee, Individual and Team

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| coaching = 1980, 1983-1984 Head Fencing Coach, Baruch University, NYC

| worlds = 1970, 1971 (Men's Epee Team); 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 (Men's Foil Team)

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| nationals = 1973 and 1975 Men's Foil Champion; 1972, 1973 Men's Foil Team Champion; Men's Foil National Finalist 1970, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1985

| olympics = 1976 Summer Olympics

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Edward Ballinger (born October 25, 1951) is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ed-ballinger-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ed-ballinger-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Edward Ballinger Olympic Results |access-date=April 16, 2011 |work=sports-reference.com}} He is married to Sally Pechinsky. He is retired from coaching at the Boston Fencing Club. He was elected for induction into the USFA Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012.{{cite web |url=http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=71 |title=US Fencing Hall of Fame Hall of Famers-elect 2012 Edward Ballinger |access-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004064803/http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=71 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 }}