|
Fencing At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Team épée
The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held October 20–21, 1964, with 86 fencers from 18 nations competing. Results Round 1 Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received. Championship rounds Fifth place semifinal Rosters ;Argentina * Félix Galimi * Zelmar Casco * Jesús Taboada * Francisco Serp ;Australia * Russell Hobby * John Humphreys * Imants Terrauds * Ivan Lund * Ian Bowditch ;Austria * Udo Birnbaum * Herbert Polzhuber * Roland Losert * Rudolf Trost * Marcus Leyrer ;Colombia * Emilio Echeverry * Ernesto Sastre * Dibier Tamayo * Humberto Posada ;France * Claude Brodin * Yves Dreyfus * Claude Bourquard * Jack Guittet * Jacques Brodin ;Great Britain * Bill Hoskyns * John Pelling * Peter Jacobs * Michael Howard * Allan Jay ;Germany * Franz Rompza * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerous notable alumni, including nine Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministers of Japan, a number of important figures of Japanese literature, including Haruki Murakami, and many CEOs, including Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of UNIQLO, Nobuyuki Idei, the former CEO of Sony, Takeo Fukui, the former president and CEO of Honda, Norio Sasaki, the former CEO of Toshiba, Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of Samsung Group, Mikio Sasaki, the former chairman of Mitsubishi, and Hiroshi Yamauchi and Shuntaro Furukawa, former and current presidents of Nintendo respectively. Waseda was ranked 26th and 48th globally in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2017 and Times Higher Education Alma Mater Index 2017, respectively. Waseda is regarded as one of the most selective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Team épée
The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed. For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions. Rosters ;Argentina * Guillermo Saucedo * Alberto Balestrini * Guillermo Obeid * Omar Vergara ;Australia * Russell Hobby * Peter Macken * Graeme Jennings * Bill Ronald * Duncan Page ;Austria * Udo Birnbaum * Roland Losert * Herbert Polzhuber * Frank Battig ;Brazil * Arthur Ribeiro * Darío Amaral * José Maria Pereira * Carlos Couto ;Canada * Peter Bakonyi * John Andru * Magdy Conyd * Gerry Wiedel ;Cuba * Orlando Ruíz * Gustavo Oliveros * Manuel González * José Antonio Díaz ;East Germany * Bernd Uhlig * Klaus Dumke * Harry Fiedler * Hans-Peter Schulze ;France * François Jeanne * Claude Bourquard * Yves Boissier * Jacques La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Polzhuber
Herbert Polzhuber (June 1938 – 24 June 2015) was an Austrian fencer and modern pentathlete. Considered one of Austria's greatest ''épée'' fencers, he participated at four consecutive Olympic Games in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976, being a fencer in each in addition to a pentathlete in his first appearance. He is also partly remembered for an incident at the 1965 World Pentathlon Championships, where he allegedly drank 10 beers and a bottle of cognac before firing his pistol into the ground and passing out. Biography Polzhuber was born in June 1938 in Wien, Nazi Germany (present-day Vienna, Austria). He was a member of the athletic club Heeressportverein Wien (commonly shortened to HSV Wien), and was one of only four Olympians affiliated with them. He competed in several sports and was talented in both fencing, specializing in the ''épée'' event, and modern pentathlon, a contest featuring pistol shooting, ''épée'' fencing, freestyle swimming, cross country running and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Birnbaum
Udo Birnbaum (born 8 February 1937) is an Austrian modern pentathlete and fencer. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. His son, Axel Birnbaum, fenced at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1937 births Living people Austrian male fencers Austrian épée fencers Austrian male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers for Austria Olympic modern pentathletes for Austria Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Austria {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bowditch
Ian Bowditch (9 March 1939 – 25 February 2008) was an Australian fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Before this, Ian and his brother Bruce were both awarded full blues for fencing as members of the Melbourne University Fencing Club. Bowditch, who trained as a lawyer, helped draft the Constitution of Nauru while working as an Australian Government Legal Officer prior to Nauru's independence. He later practiced as a barrister at the Victorian Bar for over 25 years (signing the Victorian Bar Roll on 24 November 1983 and retiring in 2003). He was the father of singer Clare Bowditch Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on .... References External links * 1939 births 2008 deaths Australian male fencers Olympic fencers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Lund
Ivan Bernard Lund (13 May 1929 – 9 April 1992) was an Australian fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club. Achievements Ivan Lund competed in four Olympic Games. In 1952 in Helsinki, he competed in all individual and team competitions with the flute, sword and sabre, but did not reach the finals in any competition. Four years later in Melbourne he was eliminated with the Sword again in the preliminary round of the singles and with the team, also in 1960 in Rome in the Florett singles and with the Sword team. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Lund, who was the flag bearer of the Australian delegation at the opening ceremony, competed individually and with the team with the floret and the sword. In all competitions he did not make it past the first round. Lund won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games between 1950 and 1962, winning gold three times, twice in the Sword singles and once wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imants Terrauds
Imants Terrauds (born 27 July 1936) is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1936 births Living people Australian male fencers Olympic fencers for Australia Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Humphreys (fencer)
John Humphreys (15 March 1932 – 14 September 2017) was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1932 births 2017 deaths Australian male fencers Olympic fencers for Australia Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia 20th-century Australian people Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games People from Central Queensland Sportsmen from Queensland {{Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Hobby (fencer)
Russell Keith Hobby (born 22 January 1933) is an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club. References 1933 births Living people Australian male fencers Olympic fencers of Australia Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fremantle Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Serp
Francisco Serp (born 19 April 1930) is an Argentine former fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1930 births Possibly living people Argentine male fencers Argentine épée fencers Olympic fencers for Argentina Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games {{Argentina-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Taboada
Jesús Taboada (born 12 July 1940) is an Argentine fencer. He competed in the team and individual foil and épée events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1940 births Living people Argentine male fencers Argentine épée fencers Argentine foil fencers Olympic fencers for Argentina Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelmar Casco
Zelmar Casco (31 July 1926 – 5 September 2020) was an Argentine fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... Casco died from COVID-19 in 2020. References External links * 1926 births 2020 deaths Argentine male fencers Argentine épée fencers Olympic fencers for Argentina Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from La Plata Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina {{Argentina-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
