Jonathan Tiomkin

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Jonathan Tiomkin (known as "Jon"; born July 12, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Olympic foil fencer.

Fencing career

=High school=

Tiomkin began fencing when he was a freshman at Hewlett High School in Hewlett, New York.

=NCAA Championships=

Fencing for St. John's University, Tiomkin won the bronze medal in foil at the 1999 NCAA Championships,{{cite web|author=careym |url=http://archive.stjohns.edu/pls/portal30/sportdev.retrieve_img_data?img_id=1286 |title=ST. JOHN'S FENCING 2000 |publisher= |date=March 31, 1976 |access-date=January 3, 2011}} {{dead link|date=September 2015}} and was a 1st-team All-American.{{cite web|url=http://www.nd.edu/~observer/03222001/Sports/4.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301152534/http://www.nd.edu/~observer/03222001/Sports/4.html |archivedate=March 1, 2007 |title=Observer Newspaper – Sports |publisher=Nd.edu |date=March 22, 2001 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}} In 2001 he came in 6th.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fansonly.com/schools/nd/sports/c-fenc/spec-rel/012602aaa.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020223154137/http://www.fansonly.com/schools/nd/sports/c-fenc/spec-rel/012602aaa.html|archive-date = 2002-02-23|title = CBS Sports - News, Live Scores, Schedules, Fantasy Games, Video and more}} He won the silver medal in 2002.https://www.southwestfencing.org/01-02/ncaafencing2002NCAA2002.html{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=National competitions=

Tiomkin won that national title in foil in 1999 and 2003, and placed second in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Tiomkin.html|title=Jon Tiomkin (1979 - )|publisher=Jewish Virtual Library|accessdate=11 September 2015}}

=Pan American Games=

At the 2003 Pan American Games, he won a gold medal in the team foil event and silver in individual foil.

=World Championships=

His individual results at the World Fencing Championships were 64th at the 2001 World Fencing Championships and 2003 World Fencing Championships, 52nd at the 2002 World Fencing Championships,{{cite web |url=https://www.fencing.net/forums/thread2088.html |title= Fencing.net Forums|website=www.fencing.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523053131/https://www.fencing.net/forums/thread2088.html |archive-date=May 23, 2015}} and 45th at the 2006 World Fencing Championships. His best team result was 9th in 2003.

=World Cup=

Tiomkin won the bronze medal in the 2005 Shanghai World Cup.http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:-AOI-vTPxbsJ:www.fencing.net/content/view/403/27/+%22jonathan+tiomkin%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=24&gl=us{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=Olympics=

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Tiomkin advanced to the round of 32, where he was defeated 3–15 by the number 1 seed, Andrea Cassarà of Italy.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/jon-tiomkin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/jon-tiomkin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Jonathan Tiomkin Olympic Results |accessdate=2011-07-24 |work=sports-reference.com}} In the team foil event, the US team reached the semifinals, and finished in 4th place.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050317162700/http://www.codycafe.com/Pictures/detail.asp?iData=100&iCat=1418&iChannel=3&nChannel=Pictures Cody Cafe » Pictures » Sports & Outdoors » Athens Summer Olympics 2004 » U.S. Jonathan Tiomkin]}}

=Maccabiah Games=

Tiomkin, who is Jewish, fenced in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, winning team silver medals in épée and foil.{{cite web|url=http://www.maccabi.org/elite-athletes/page/8|title=Elite Athletes: Jonathan Tiomkin|publisher=Maccabi World Union|accessdate=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119074913/http://www.maccabi.org/elite-athletes/page/8|archive-date=19 January 2016|url-status=dead}}

Miscellaneous

Tiomkin is a 2002 graduate of St. John's University, where he was a finance major.
Tiomkin trains at the Fencers Club. His coaches are Simon Gershon and Mikhail Petin.
He lives in New York City.
Tiomkin owns and runs a fencing club in Hewlett, New York called the Five Towns Fencers Club.
Tiomkin is the son of Reuven and Rebecca Tiomkin.
Enjoys cliff-diving, skydiving, and pool diving.

References

External links

[http://www.usoc.org/26_19526.htm+%22jon+tiomkin%22+foil&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=13&gl=us US Olympic Team bio]{{dead link|date=July 2023}}
[http://www.fencingmedia.org/viewathlete.asp%3Fname%3Djon_tiomkin+%22jon+tiomkin%22+foil%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26cd%3D2%26gl%3Dus US Fencing Media bio]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Tiomkin.html Jewish Virtual Library bio]

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Jewish foil fencers

Category:Jewish American sportspeople

Category:Olympic fencers for the United States

Category:St. John's Red Storm fencers

Category:Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:George W. Hewlett High School alumni

Category:Competitors at the 2001 Maccabiah Games

Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing

Category:Maccabiah Games silver medalists for the United States

Category:People from Hewlett, New York