James Laurence Melcher was an American hedge fund manager and Olympic fencer.
12 Facts About James Melcher
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James Melcher competed in the individual and team epee events at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
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James Melcher graduated in 1961, and afterwards remained in New York to work on Wall Street.
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At the 1971 Pan American Games, James Melcher won a gold medal in team epee and a bronze medal in individual epee.
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James Melcher was a two-time US National Champion, winning in Men's Individual Epee in both 1971 and 1972.
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James Melcher competed for the United States in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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James Melcher was a first alternate for the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics, and a second alternate for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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James Melcher became Chairman of the Fencers Club in the late 1970s and served for a decade, and became Chairman again in 2006.
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James Melcher is a member of the US Fencing Hall of Fame.
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James Melcher maintained that for both investing and fencing, one needs "a high level of self-control, particularly control over emotional reactions".
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James Melcher founded Balestra Capital Management, a global macro hedge fund manager, in 1979, and it became an SEC-registered investment adviser in 1987.
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James Melcher died in Manhattan, New York, on April 17,2023, at the age of 83.