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'''Johan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman''' (born 8 September 1954) is a Swedish Olympic and world champion ] ].<ref name=oly> ''Olympedia''.</ref><ref name=ak/>
Harmenberg graduated from ] in ].

==Early and personal life==
Harmenberg was born in ], and is Jewish.<ref name=oly/><ref> ''Jewish Virtual Library''.</ref><ref>Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). , Macmillan Reference USA, p. 415.</ref><ref>Bob Wechsler (2008). , p. 252, KTAV Publishing House.</ref> He attended the ] (MIT).<ref name=ak/>

His son Karl Harmenberg fenced épée for ], and as a junior in 2008-09 won the gold medal at the ] Regionals and was selected to All-] second team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2008-09/bios/harmenberg_karl?view=bio |access-date=2018-05-20 |archive-date=2018-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520124530/https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2008-09/bios/harmenberg_karl?view=bio|title=Karl Harmenberg|work=Go Crimson |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==University==

He completed two years of study at MIT in 1975, during which time he went by the name Johan Akerman.<ref name=title> ''The New York Times'', March 10, 1974.</ref> He left MIT two years early (he would have graduated in 1977) and returned to Sweden, having been drafted by the ] in the summer of 1974.<ref>Steven M. Heller (December 5, 1974). ''The Harvard Crimson''.</ref><ref>Bryan Caplan (2019). , Princeton University Press.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitathletics.com/information/excellence/VarsityClub_Award|title=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=September 29, 2016|archive-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914082441/http://mitathletics.com/information/excellence/VarsityClub_Award|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2014). </ref>

He subsequently studied at ].<ref name=lid/> He holds an MD and a PhD in ] from ], Stockholm, Sweden.<ref> Beactica.</ref>


==Fencing career== ==Fencing career==
He fenced for the club Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande in Sweden.<ref name=oly/> He was a Swedish National Junior champion.<ref name=title/> He has won eight total ] ]s in both individual and team competitions at ], ], and ] tournaments. He also won 12 Swedish national championships, as well as five silver medals and six bronze medals at Swedish national championships.<ref> Ophardt.</ref>


===University===
He has won eight individual and/or team ] ]s at ], World Championship, and ] competitions.


Åkerman fenced ] for the MIT fencing team, the ]. He won the 1974 ] foil championship, and won the bronze medal in the 1974 ] Fencing Foil Championship with a record of 18-5.<ref> Museum of American Fencing.</ref><ref name=ak>Peter Landry (March 9, 1974). ''Harvard Crimson''.</ref> It was MIT's first weapon title at the competition in 43 years.<ref name=title/> Åkerman was awarded MIT's 1974 Varsity Club Award, as the school's "Outstanding Freshmen Athlete of the Year."<ref> MIT Athletics.</ref>
At the ] ], he won a ] in Individual Epee. In three of the final matches he won by only one touch.http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:VOdkV9TGuhsJ:www.sok.se/inenglish/moscow1980.4.18ea16851076df63622800011020.html+Johan+Harmenberg&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=35&gl=us] He is the only Swede to have won an individual gold medal in fencing. Harmenberg was a member of the Swedish epee team as well; the team placed 5th in the team epee competition.


===World Championships===
He earned his World Championship titles in Individual Epee and Team Epee events at the ] competitions in ].
He won the 1977 World Championship titles in Individual Épée and Team Épée in ], Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html |title=Fencing World Championships|publisher=sports123.com |access-date=June 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012040805/http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html |archive-date=October 12, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=wc> July 30, 2023.</ref> He also won a bronze medal in Team Épée at the 1979 World Championships in ], Germany.<ref name=wc/>


===World Cups===
He also won a bronze medal in Team Epee at the ] World Championships in ].
Harmenberg captured three Individual Épée World Cup Championships within four years: 1977 (]), 1979 (]), and 1980 (Heidenheim). He also won team titles at the 1977 and 1980 World Cups.


===Olympics===
Harmenberg captured three Individual Epee World Cup Championships within four years: 1977 (]), 1979 (]), and 1980 (Heidenheim). He also won team titles at the 1977 and 1980 World Cups.
At the 1980 ], Harmenberg won a ] in the Individual Épée.<ref name="databaseolympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARMEJOH01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Johan Harmenberg |access-date=2011-04-26 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025312/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARMEJOH01 |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/johan-harmenberg-1.html |title=Johan Harmenberg |access-date=2011-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317004549/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/johan-harmenberg-1.html |archive-date=2011-03-17}}</ref> In three of the final matches he won by only one touch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sok.se/inenglish/moscow1980.4.18ea16851076df63622800011020.html |title= Moscow 1980 - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté|website=Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427014419/http://www.sok.se/inenglish/moscow1980.4.18ea16851076df63622800011020.html |archive-date=2015-04-27}}</ref> He is the only Swede to have won an individual gold medal in fencing.<ref></ref> Harmenberg was a member of the Swedish épée team as well; the team placed 5th in the team épée competition.<ref name="sports-reference" />


==Hall of Fame== ==Hall of Fame==
Harmenberg, who is ], was inducted into the ] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/biopages/JohanHarmenberg|url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231359/http://www.jewishsports.net/biopages/JohanHarmenberg.htm|title=JOHAN HARMENBERG| work=International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame |archive-date=September 26, 2007 }}</ref>


==Biotech career==
Harmenberg, who is ], was inducted into the ] in ].

Harmenberg is an Associate Professor (Docent) of Virology at Karolinska Institute.<ref name=bea/><ref> ''FirstWord Pharma'', February 18, 2015.</ref>

He became a ] executive and researcher.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He has been the Global Medical Director for ] ] (1995-97), Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development for ] AB (1997-2006), Chief Medical Officer at ] AB (2006-07), Chief Executive Officer at Axelar AB (2007-15) and Akinion AB (2009-15), and Chief Medical Officer of Oncopeptides AB until he reached their retirement age (2012-21).<ref> The Pharma Letter, August 20, 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.axelar.se/about-axelar/team/ |title=Axelar: The Team |publisher=Axelar.se |access-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Nature Biotechnology |url=http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v24/n9/full/nbt0906-1176.html |title=Nature Biotechnology Journal |journal=Nature Biotechnology |publisher=Nature.com |date=September 1, 2006 |volume=24 |issue=9 |pages=1176 |doi=10.1038/nbt0906-1176 |access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2005/12/09/337249/90994/en/RP-606-Rights-Revert-to-Medivir.html |title=RP-606 Rights Revert to Medivir |publisher=GlobeNewswire |date=December 9, 2005 |access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref><ref name=bea> Beactica Therapeutics.</ref><ref name=autogenerated3> Bloomberg.</ref> In September 2019, Harmenberg joined Beactica Therapeutics, a Swedish drug discovery company, as a clinical advisor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AB|first=Beactica|title=Beactica Therapeutics Appoints Several High-profile People to Strengthen its Strategic Focus on Drug Discovery|url=https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/beactica-therapeutics-appoints-several-high-profile-people-to-strengthen-its-strategic-focus-on-drug-discovery-827378942.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=PR Newswire|language=en|date=10 September 2019}}</ref> In November 2021, he was appointed Chief Medical Officer of LIDDS AB.<ref name=lid> Yahoo, November 15, 2021.</ref>


==Scholarship== ==Scholarship==


Harmenberg co-authored scientific papers entitled "Fencing: Biomedical and Psychological Factors," "Comparison of different tests of fencing performance" (1991), and "Physiological and morphological characteristics of world class fencers" (1990). Harmenberg is the author of over 100 publications in scientific literature.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> Harmenberg co-authored scientific papers entitled "Fencing: ] and Psychological Factors," "Comparison of different tests of fencing performance" (1991), and "Physiological and morphological characteristics of world class fencers" (1990).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/drafts/Fencing.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-18|url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030309120630/http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/drafts/Fencing.doc |archive-date=March 9, 2003 }}</ref> Harmenberg has also had a distinguished career in medical ], publishing a variety of papers relating to viral ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AJ.+author%3AHarmenberg%22 |title=author:J. author:Harmenberg |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref>

Harmenberg co-authored ''Épée 2.0: The Birth of the New Fencing Paradigm'',<ref>Dr. Guy Windsor (2020). </ref><ref>Dr. Guy Windsor (2023). Spada Press.</ref><ref>''Epee 2.0: The New Fencing Paradigm, by Johan Harmenberg, SKA SwordPlay Books, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0978902216}}''</ref> and ''Épée 2.5: The New Paradigm Revised and Augmented''.<ref>''Epee 2.5: The New Paradigm Revised and Augmented, SKA SwordPlay Books, 2014, {{ISBN|978-0985444181}}''</ref> and ''Epee 2.6''.<ref>Johan Harmenberg, Philippe Boisse, Angelo Mazzoni, Geoff Pingree, Arnd Schmitt, Björne Väggö. {{ISBN|9780991116379}}</ref> In these books, he describes the new fencing paradigm that he developed with Maestro ], from MIT, which resulted in his victories and a transformation in how Épée is fenced at the higher levels of competition.

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Swedish fencer (born 1954)

Johan Harmenberg
Personal information
Full nameJohan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman
Born (1954-09-08) 8 September 1954 (age 70)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
CountrySweden
SportFencing
Eventépée
College teamMIT Engineers
ClubFöreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1980 Moscow Olympic Games gold medal in Individual Épée
World finals1977 World Championship titles in Individual Épée and Team Épée
National finals12 Swedish national championships, five silver medals, and six bronze medals
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Individual epée

Johan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman (born 8 September 1954) is a Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer.

Early and personal life

Harmenberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and is Jewish. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

His son Karl Harmenberg fenced épée for Harvard University, and as a junior in 2008-09 won the gold medal at the NCAA Regionals and was selected to All-Ivy League second team.

University

He completed two years of study at MIT in 1975, during which time he went by the name Johan Akerman. He left MIT two years early (he would have graduated in 1977) and returned to Sweden, having been drafted by the Swedish Army in the summer of 1974.

He subsequently studied at Stockholm University. He holds an MD and a PhD in virology from Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Fencing career

He fenced for the club Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande in Sweden. He was a Swedish National Junior champion. He has won eight total epee gold medals in both individual and team competitions at Olympic, World Championships, and World Cup tournaments. He also won 12 Swedish national championships, as well as five silver medals and six bronze medals at Swedish national championships.

University

Åkerman fenced foil for the MIT fencing team, the MIT Engineers. He won the 1974 Intercollegiate Fencing Association foil championship, and won the bronze medal in the 1974 NCAA Fencing Foil Championship with a record of 18-5. It was MIT's first weapon title at the competition in 43 years. Åkerman was awarded MIT's 1974 Varsity Club Award, as the school's "Outstanding Freshmen Athlete of the Year."

World Championships

He won the 1977 World Championship titles in Individual Épée and Team Épée in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also won a bronze medal in Team Épée at the 1979 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany.

World Cups

Harmenberg captured three Individual Épée World Cup Championships within four years: 1977 (Bern), 1979 (Heidenheim), and 1980 (Heidenheim). He also won team titles at the 1977 and 1980 World Cups.

Olympics

At the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, Harmenberg won a gold medal in the Individual Épée. In three of the final matches he won by only one touch. He is the only Swede to have won an individual gold medal in fencing. Harmenberg was a member of the Swedish épée team as well; the team placed 5th in the team épée competition.

Hall of Fame

Harmenberg, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Biotech career

Harmenberg is an Associate Professor (Docent) of Virology at Karolinska Institute.

He became a biotech executive and researcher. He has been the Global Medical Director for Pharmacia Upjohn (1995-97), Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development for Medivir AB (1997-2006), Chief Medical Officer at Algeta AB (2006-07), Chief Executive Officer at Axelar AB (2007-15) and Akinion AB (2009-15), and Chief Medical Officer of Oncopeptides AB until he reached their retirement age (2012-21). In September 2019, Harmenberg joined Beactica Therapeutics, a Swedish drug discovery company, as a clinical advisor. In November 2021, he was appointed Chief Medical Officer of LIDDS AB.

Scholarship

Harmenberg is the author of over 100 publications in scientific literature. Harmenberg co-authored scientific papers entitled "Fencing: Biomedical and Psychological Factors," "Comparison of different tests of fencing performance" (1991), and "Physiological and morphological characteristics of world class fencers" (1990). Harmenberg has also had a distinguished career in medical pharmacology, publishing a variety of papers relating to viral immunology.

Harmenberg co-authored Épée 2.0: The Birth of the New Fencing Paradigm, and Épée 2.5: The New Paradigm Revised and Augmented. and Epee 2.6. In these books, he describes the new fencing paradigm that he developed with Maestro Eric Sollee, from MIT, which resulted in his victories and a transformation in how Épée is fenced at the higher levels of competition.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Johan Harmenberg," Olympedia.
  2. ^ Peter Landry (March 9, 1974). "Fencers Disappoint in IF As; Crimson Fades in Foil, Epee," Harvard Crimson.
  3. "Jewish Olympic Medalists (1896-Present)," Jewish Virtual Library.
  4. Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica: Nat-Per, Macmillan Reference USA, p. 415.
  5. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history, p. 252, KTAV Publishing House.
  6. "Karl Harmenberg". Go Crimson. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. Wins Title Again In Fencing," The New York Times, March 10, 1974.
  8. Steven M. Heller (December 5, 1974). "Harvard Fencers Thrash Feeble MIT Squad, 18-9, For First Win of Season," The Harvard Crimson.
  9. Bryan Caplan (2019). The Case Against Education; Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money, Princeton University Press.
  10. "The Harvard Crimson". Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. ^ Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2014). Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect.
  12. ^ "LIDDS Announces Appointment of Johan Harmenberg as Chief Medical Officer," Yahoo, November 15, 2021.
  13. "Prof. Johan Harmenberg M.D. Ph.D., Medical Advisor," Beactica.
  14. "Johan Harmenberg Åkerman," Ophardt.
  15. "NCAA Fencing Championships Individual Results by Event/Fencer (1941‐2019)," Museum of American Fencing.
  16. "The Varsity Club Award," MIT Athletics.
  17. "Fencing World Championships". sports123.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  18. ^ "Fencing World Championship Individual Medalists by Year," July 30, 2023.
  19. "Olympics Statistics: Johan Harmenberg". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  20. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Johan Harmenberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  21. "Moscow 1980 - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté". Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.
  22. "JOHAN HARMENBERG". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  23. ^ / "Prof. Johan Harmenberg M.D. Ph.D.; Medical Advisor," Beactica Therapeutics.
  24. "Medivir’s Nomination Committee proposes new Board of Directors ahead of 2015 AGM," FirstWord Pharma, February 18, 2015.
  25. "Johan Harmenberg to be replaced by Klaas Bakker as Oncopeptides CMO," The Pharma Letter, August 20, 2019.
  26. "Axelar: The Team". Axelar.se. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  27. Nature Biotechnology (1 September 2006). "Nature Biotechnology Journal". Nature Biotechnology. 24 (9). Nature.com: 1176. doi:10.1038/nbt0906-1176. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  28. "RP-606 Rights Revert to Medivir" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  29. ^ "Johan Harmenberg M.D., Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography," Bloomberg.
  30. AB, Beactica (10 September 2019). "Beactica Therapeutics Appoints Several High-profile People to Strengthen its Strategic Focus on Drug Discovery". PR Newswire. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  31. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  32. "author:J. author:Harmenberg". Google Scholar. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  33. Dr. Guy Windsor (2020). Swordfighting, for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists
  34. Dr. Guy Windsor (2023). The Principles and Practices of Solo Training; A Guide for Historical Martial Artists, Sword People, and Everyone Else Spada Press.
  35. Epee 2.0: The New Fencing Paradigm, by Johan Harmenberg, SKA SwordPlay Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0978902216
  36. Epee 2.5: The New Paradigm Revised and Augmented, SKA SwordPlay Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0985444181
  37. Johan Harmenberg, Philippe Boisse, Angelo Mazzoni, Geoff Pingree, Arnd Schmitt, Björne Väggö. Epee 2.6, ISBN 9780991116379

External links

Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Individual Épée
World Champions in Men's Épée
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