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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 ]
Aldo was born into a fencing family in Livorno, Italy, and both Aldo and his brother Nedo Nadi were fencers from a very young age. They were both taught foil and sabre in the classical Italian school of swordsmanship by their father, Beppe Nadi, who believed the épée to be an "undisciplined" weapon and refused to teach it.
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.
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