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Connie Adam, fencer, took up fencing aged 60 and went on to win 140 medals. Bob Anderson , sabre fencer, represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships. Went on to a career as sword master and fight director for movies, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Star Wars trilogy, and The Princess Bride .
Edoardo Mangiarotti. Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italian pronunciation: [edoˈardo mandʒaˈrɔtti]; 7 April 1919 – 25 May 2012) [2] was an Italian fencer.He won a total of 39 Olympic titles and World championships, more than any other fencer in the history of the sport.
Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". [1] He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games . [ 2 ]
Pawlowski seemed never-ageing. In all, he was a world finalist 17 times. In 1973 he reached the final (that is, a round-robin of six fencers) for the last time, aged 42, and only narrowly missed a medal, nearly 20 years after his first. But the following year he was eliminated in the quarter-finals, and never represented his country again. [2]
Looking like a dad killing time at the arcade while the kids run around, Dikec, 51, calmly stepped up and shot his team to a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol event with one hand in his pocket.
We collected some of his best quotes. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Arnold Palmer was known as "The King," and won 92 tournaments in his career, including seven major ...
Nedo Nadi (9 June 1894 – 29 January 1940) was one of the best Italian fencers of all time. He is the only fencer to win a gold medal in each of the three weapons at a single Olympic Games and won the most fencing gold medals ever at a single Games—five. Nadi won six Olympic gold medals in total.
You're sure to get all the laughs using these funny Christmas quotes and that's the best gift of all. Funny Christmas quotes "A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell."