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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.
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.
Sabre – A fencing weapon with a flat blade and knuckle guard, used with cutting or thrusting actions; a military sword popular in the 18th to 20th centuries; any cutting sword used by cavalry. The modern fencing sabre is descended from the dueling sabre of Italy and Germany, which was straight and thin with sharp edges, but had a blunt end.
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 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.
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.
After retiring, he coached fencing at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, where he died aged 81. [5] Asteroid 228893 Gerevich , discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky and Brigitta Sipőcz at Piszkéstető Station in 2003, was named in his memory. [ 6 ]
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.