Philip Erenberg
Philip "Phil" Richard Erenberg (March 16, 1909 – February 2, 1992) was an American gymnast and Olympic silver medalist.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing the  United States | ||
| Men’s Gymnastic | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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Personal life
Born in Ukraine, Erenberg was Jewish.[1][2][3][4] He arrived in the United States at the age of three.[5] He had one brother and one sister.[5] His father worked at the Florsheim Shoe Company.[5] His family lived in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.[5] In 1923 the family moved to Los Angeles, and he attended Roosevelt High School.[5]
He attended UCLA.[5] Erenberg received a medical degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 1934.[5] He practiced obstetrics and then internal medicine in Los Angeles.[5] He had a daughter and a son.[5]
Clubs
Erenberg was given a membership in and competed for the Los Angeles Athletic Club.[5]
He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where Erenberg received a silver medal in gymnastics in clubs.[6][7]
In 2010 Erenberg was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[8]
See also
References
- Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 15, 1996.
- Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, ISBN 9780881259698, KTAV Publishing House.
- "Jewish Olympic Medalists". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- George Eisen. "Jewish Olympic Medalists". www.jewishsports.net.
- "An Olympian's oral history Philip R. Erenberg, 1932 Olympic Games, gymnastics". la84.org. 1988.
- "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics" Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)
- "Historic Men's Gymnastics Clubs" – CNN; Sports Illustrated (Retrieved March 31, 2008)
- "PHILLIP ERENBERG, MD; Gymnastics - 2011". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.