Philip Erenberg

Philip Richard Erenberg (March 16, 1909 – February 2, 1992) was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal for Indian clubs.

Personal life Born in Belarus in the Russian Empire, He arrived in the United States around 1912 at the age of three with his family. He had one brother and one sister.

Erenberg noted that Los Angeles became a growth center for gymnastics and Roosevelt High produced several Olympic athletes including track star Lillian Copeland, divers Johnny and Michael Galitzen, and basketball player Sam Balter who won a gold in the 1936 Olympics. In Indian Club Swinging, there is no juggling and the club never leaves the palm of your hand, making the sport more dependent on muscle and endurance then purely on timing, as the clubs each weigh around a pound and a half. He married Doris Weitzman, who attended UCLA, in the fall of 1937 in Hollywood, and was later married to Patricia Zidell.

Olympic silver medal Erenberg was given a membership in and competed for the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he received a silver medal in gymnastics in clubs. The gold medalist was American George Roth, and the bronze medalist was American William Kuhlemeier, giving the Americans a clean sweep of the medal competition in the event that year. In the 1932 Olympics and prior, Americans had a limited history with Olympic medals in Gymnastics competitions. He received his invitation to the Olympics during the years he was enrolled at Medical School, eventually graduating from UC Irvine in 1934.