 keeth thomas smart"weddings/celebrations; shyra cooper, keeth smart", the new york times, 27 may 2007. (born july 29, 1978) is a us sabre fencer who became the first american to gain the sport's #1 ranking for males. he received a silver medal at the 2008 olympic games in beijing. ==early life and education== smart was born in new york city, new york and grew up in flatbush, brooklyn, new york city.olivesi, marine. "'three musketeers' from flatbush say goodbye to high-level fencing", the columbia journalist, 14 september 2008. his parents were thomas r. smart jr. (a production manager and later an economist) and liz smart (a teacher). at the urging of his parents, he and his younger sister erinn began to learn fencing at the peter westbrook foundation, whose founder, olympic sabre bronze-medalist peter westbrook, was his mentor. smart graduated from brooklyn technical high school in 1996.profile at us fencing he graduated from st. john's university in new york, majoring in finance. he received his mba from columbia university in 2010 and now works at a major bank. ==fencing career== during college, he was the ncaa sabre champion in 1997 and 1999, and took second p
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