GK
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Soviet fencer
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24 December 1940(Kyiv, Ukraine)
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Biography
Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet épée fencer. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two individual and two team medals. At the world championship he won two individual and five team medals. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.