Alessandro Emanuele "Alex" Treves (January 14, 1929 – December 12, 2020)[1] was an Italian-born American Olympic fencer.[2] Treves was born in Torino, Italy, and is Jewish.[3][4][5] He later lived in New York City.[6]
Treves competed for the United States in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the team came in fourth.[2][5] He won three Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) National Championships in team sabre; in 1952, 1955, and 1956.[2] In 1953, Treves won the World Military Sabre Championship, and in 1954 he won the Italian University Sabre Championship.[2][5] In 2000, Treves was elected to the Rutgers Sports Hall of Fame.[2][5]