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Christian d'Oriola, Olympic and world campion, named "Fencer of the 20th Century" by the FIE, International Fencing Federation, in 2001. Between 1947 and 1956 won four World Championships and six Olympic Medals, including two individual gold (foil), one individual silver (foil), two team gold (foil), and one team silver (foil).
1900 Paris details: Émile Coste France: Henri Masson France: Marcel Boulenger France: 1904 St. Louis details: Ramón Fonst Cuba: Albertson Van Zo Post United States: Charles Tatham United States: 1908 London: not included in the Olympic program: 1912 Stockholm details: Nedo Nadi Italy: Pietro Speciale Italy: Richard Verderber Austria: 1920 ...
Herman's Full Olympians: "Fencing 1900". Accessed 21 January 2006. Available electronically at Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0
Neapolitan fencing is a style of fencing that originated in the city of Naples at the beginning of the 15th century. Neapolitan Fencing School is considered to be one of the most powerful fencing schools in Italy. This school produced many renowned fencing masters and contributed significantly to the evolution of fencing techniques and pedagogy.
The competition had a much smaller, yet also more international, field than the other 1900 fencing events; less than half of the entrants were French. [2] France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland all made their debut in the men's sabre. Austria was the only nation to have competed at both the 1896 and 1900 appearances of the event.
Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. There are three forms of Olympic fencing: Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
Fencing was the only sport that had professional competitions at the Olympics in 1900 and 1904. A professional foil event was held in 1900, with épée and sabre joining in 1904. The professional events were not held again afterwards (excepting the 1906 Intercalated Games, so this was the only time that masters sabre was contested. [2]
This was the second and final appearance of the event. Fencing masters were an exception to the amateurs-only nature of the early Olympics. Masters fencing was held as an Olympic event in 1896 (men's foil only) and 1900 (all three weapons for men, as well as a special event in épée that pitted the top professionals against the top amateurs).