Richard Clarke Steere (5 March 1909 – 17 March 2001) was an American Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
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Born | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | March 5, 1909||||||||||||||
Died | March 17, 2001 Lanham, Maryland, United States | (aged 92)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Steere was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Chicago. Steere studied at the United States Naval Academy, where he was on the medalist foil team. He served in the United States Navy and worked as a meteorologist under George S. Patton.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Richard Steere". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ "Richard Steere Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ Zielinski, Graeme (March 22, 2001). Capt. Richard Steere, 92; Meteorologist for Patton. Washington Post