Cliff Bayer won the US National Championship in 1997,1998, and 2000.
15 Facts About Cliff Bayer
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Cliff Bayer placed 34th in the individual foil competition, and was a member of the US foil team that finished 10th.
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Cliff Bayer was ranked No 8 in the world in foil at the start of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Cliff Bayer was eliminated from the competition in the third round, placing 10th.
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Cliff Bayer was named male Fencing Athlete of the Year by the 2000 US Olympic Committee.
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Cliff Bayer was the first American to win a medal at a senior men's World Cup event, taking the bronze in Espinho, Portugal in May 1999.
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Cliff Bayer was the first American to win a World Cup title, winning the World Championship Cup St Petersburg, Russia that same year.
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Cliff Bayer won a second World Cup title in April 2000 in Bonn, Germany, where he defeated defending Olympic champion Puccini of Italy.
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Cliff Bayer's best showing at the World Fencing Championships was in 1999, when he placed 12th in the individual foil event.
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Cliff Bayer won a team silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Canada.
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Cliff Bayer was named first team All-American in 1997 and 1998, and All-Ivy in 1998.
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Cliff Bayer was honored in 1999 as the United States Olympic Committee's Male Athlete of the Month for May, beating out canoe sprinter Nate Johnson, boxer Demetrius Hopkins, and cycler Christian Vande Velde.
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Cliff Bayer was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Cliff Bayer was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Cliff Bayer was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame in 2013 and into the University of Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2014.