Boisse, Philippe

Born in Stockholm in 1954, Johan Harmenberg took up fencing at the age of 11. As a freshman at MIT, he led his foil team to the Little Iron Man trophy and a 3rd place finish in the NCAA tournament, as well as an individual 3rd place finish. He won the World Championship in individual men's epee in 1977 (his Swedish team also took first place). In 1980, he won Olympic gold in individual men's epee and finished first overall in combined World Cup results. After this, he retired from the elite international scene. In 1982, he received his doctorate in Medical Science from Stockholm's Karolinska I...