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After the games, an Italian and a Hungarian settled a scoring controversy with a real duel. [1] Aldolfo Contronei, described in some sources as a 45-year-old fencing critic for an Italian newspaper [2] and others as the captain of the Italian foil team, [3] fought Giorgio Santelli, the 27-year-old son of the Hungarian Olympic team's coach Italo Santelli.
The first national Hungarian sabre fencing competition was held in 1895, and Iványi won the gold medal and the Great Silver Cup of the Minister of Defense. [2] He was a member of the Magyar Atlétikai Club until 1896, when he resigned following their admission of Italo Santelli after his victory at an event organized by MAC in May of that year ...
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 socks are long enough to cover the knee; some cover most of the thigh. Shoes Fencing shoes have flat soles, and are reinforced on the inside for the back foot, and in the heel for the front foot. The reinforcement prevents wear from lunging. Mask The fencing mask has a bib that protects the neck.
Maestro Giorgio Santelli (25 November 1897 – 8 October 1985) was a fencer and fencing master who was part of the Italian team that won the gold medal in Men's team sabre at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was the largest mid-20th century influence in raising the quality and popularity of fencing in the United States, and creator of one of the best-known fencing equipment manufacturers.
He was a member of the Hungarian fencing team in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. Petschauer was regarded throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s as one of the world's top fencers. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Between 1925 and 1931, at the saber world championships he was three times a silver medalist and three times a bronze medalist.
Year Category Name 1991 - Foil, men's individual: Zsolt Érsek - Foil, men's team: Zsolt Érsek: 1998 - Épée, men's team: Attila Fekete: 2001 - Épée, women's team
Fencing, or sport dueling with swords, has existed at least since the Middle Ages and featured in the first Olympic Games of 1896. [5] In 1901, Dr. John Paul Devillers, a French target shooter, developed a wax bullet specifically designed to allow non-fatal or sport pistol dueling between opponents.