Jeff Spear

{{Short description|American fencer (born 1988)}}

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{{Infobox fencer

| name = Jeff Spear

| birth_name =

| fullname = Jeffrey Kimball Spear

| image = Jeff Spear 2015 WCh SMS-EQ t150724.jpg

| caption = Spear at the 2015 World Fencing Championships

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| nationality =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|28}}

| birth_place = Albany, New York, USA

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| height = {{height|m=1.88}}

| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

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| country = {{flagicon|USA}} USA

| weapon = Sabre

| hand = Left-handed

| club = New York Athletic Club

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/9182 current ranking]

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Team sabre}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Team sabre}}

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Jeff Spear (born June 28, 1988) is an American sabre fencer. He competed in the men's team sabre competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jeff-spear-1.html |title=Jeff Spear Olympic Results |accessdate=30 October 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031041755/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jeff-spear-1.html |archivedate=31 October 2014 }}

He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. Spear graduated from Columbia University in 2010 as the salutatorian of Columbia College.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Fall 2012|title=Olympics: One Gold Medal, Many Memories|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/fall12/roar_lion_roar|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=Columbia College Today}}{{Cite web|title=Jeff Spear - Fencing|url=https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/fencing/roster/jeff-spear/3759|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Columbia University Athletics|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=SENIOR PROFILE: Jeff Spear|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/2010/05/17/senior-profile-jeff-spear/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}