Robert Nieman

Robert Lee Nieman (born October 21, 1947) is an American modern pentathlete who competed at the 1976 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] Nieman won the 1979 World Pentathlon Championship, and remains the only American man to capture a world title. Although Nieman had qualified for the 1980 Olympic team he did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead.[2] Nieman won a team silver medal in épée fencing event at the 1983 Pan American Games.[3]

Robert Nieman
Nieman in 1988
Personal information
Born (1947-10-21) October 21, 1947
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
Medal record
Representing USA
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place1983 CaracasTeam épée
Nieman with wife Susan in 1983

References

  1. "Robert Nieman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  2. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  3. Steven Olderr (July 11, 2015). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue. McFarland. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.


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