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 Institut and started a career as a physician specializing in antiviral and cancer research. He has over 100 publications and abstracts and has worked with clinical development at firms such as Roche, AstraZeneca, Pharmacia-Upjohn, and Medivir. In addition, he is on the management team for Swedish fencing, involved in training, team selection, tournament cadre, and as special advisors for talented junior fencers. He lives in Stockholm with his wife, Ulrika. They have two children. His son Karl captained the Harvard fencing team and captured silver medals in the Estonian (2011) and Swedish (2014) championships.
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