Johan Harmenberg

Johan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman, born on 8 September 1954 in Stockholm, is a Swedish épée fencer who won the individual épée gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, taking three of the final matches by a single touch, and is the only Swede to win an individual gold medal in fencing at the Olympic Games. He was also the 1977 world champion in individual and team épée in Buenos Aires, won three individual World Cups between 1977 and 1980, and fenced foil for the MIT team, taking the 1974 intercollegiate foil title. After fencing he became a virologist and biotech executive, holding an MD and a PhD in virology from the Karolinska Institute and chief executive and chief medical officer posts at Swedish pharmaceutical companies. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. The account here rests on his English Wikipedia article.