Siegfried Friedrich (Fritz)
Flesch
Male
Austria
1872-03-11
Brno, Czechoslovakia
1939-08-11
, -
He was an mainly known as a sabre fencer who competed during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Olympic fencing career
He competed for Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. In the final pool of eight fencers Flesch won four of his seven matches to finish in third place for the bronze medal, thus becoming the first Jewish fencer to win an Olympic medal.
He returned to Olympic competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
1901 - 1913
0
29
9
Round 2
Arthur Wallis Myers 1 *
Fritz Flesch
w.o.
Round 1
Alfred C. Hunter 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-2
8-6
Round 1
R. Hills 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-3
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Friedrich de Morpurgo
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Victor de Coubasch
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dick Williams jr 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Konstantin Librowicz
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Curt Bergmann 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Georges Tibor Aranyi 1 *
Fritz Flesch
4-6
6-0
3-0
ret.
Round 2
Maurice Luis Juan Galvão 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Albert Carlton Bostwick sr 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-4
7-5
Round 1
James O'Hara Murray 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Franz (Emil) Pipes
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-1
6-2
2-6
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Réginald Storms 1 *
Fritz Flesch
9-7
6-4
Round 1
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Wilfred Pollen Haviland
6-1
9-7
Quarterfinals
Willie Lemaire 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Artur Zborzil 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-3
6-3
3-1
ret.
Round 2
Dr. L. Neresheimer 1 *
Fritz Flesch
w.o.
Round 2
F.X. Scholte 1 *
Fritz Flesch
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Karel Beukema 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Fritz Flesch 1 *
V. Ker Seymer
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Sir Robert Gilbert Vansittart 1 *
Fritz Flesch
2-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Graf F. Chorinsky
6-1
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Fritz Flesch 1 *
Frantisek Čistecký
7-5
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Thomas H. Nash 1 *
Fritz Flesch
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
George W. Csurcsin 1 *
Fritz Flesch
w.o.