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Fencing At The 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven fencing (sport), fencing events were contested. 260 fencers from 19 nations competed. The events took place at the Tuileries Garden. p. 16. Accessed 14 November 2010. Medal summary Weekly summary The fencing events were spread out over a good deal of time. The competitions began on Monday, 14 May.14–20 May * The first round of the amateur foil competition was held on 14 May and 15 May. Judging was subjective, a change from the 3-touch format from four years earlier. 37 of the 54 fencers advanced, including some who had nominally lost their bouts (when the judges felt that both fencers displayed good skill) and excluding some who had nominally won. * The quarterfin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo Santelli
Italo Santelli (15 August 1866 – 8 February 1945) was an Italian fencing, fencer who is considered to be the "father of modern sabre (fencing), sabre fencing". Biography Italo Santelli was born in Carrodano (La Spezia), Italy in 1866. He studied at famous Italian schools, including the Scuola Magistrale of Rome (Scuola Magistrale Militare di Roma), where he graduated in 1889. In 1896 Santelli was considered an established fencing master, and Santelli moved to Budapest together with brother Otello, also a fencer, and his wife. Santelli had his son, Giorgio Santelli, Giorgio, in Hungary in 1897, who always kept his Italian citizenship, before leaving for the USA. It was in Hungary that Italo Santelli began to create a new style of sabre fencing. The style involved a much more quick defense than classical training called for, and became known as the "modern style" of Santelli. Santelli displayed this modern style at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris on the Italian team. He cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Boulenger
Marcel Jacques Amand Romain Boulenger (Paris, 9 September 1873 – Chantilly, Oise, 21 May 1932) was a French novelist and fiction writer. He was awarded the Prix Nee of the Académie Française in 1918 and the Prix Stendhal in 1919. He was also a fencer of international standard, competing in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Writings As an author he is primarily known for his pastiches and his many faux "autobiographies" of imaginary persons, for example the ''Souvenirs du marquis de Floranges (1811-1834)'' (1923), and ''Le Duc de Morny, prince franc̦ais'' (1925). Olympics He competed in the fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. 260 fencers from 19 nations competed. The events took place at the Tuileries Garden. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The Summer Olympics
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. *Épée — a heavy thrusting weapon; the valid target area covers the entire body; double touches are allowed. *Sabre — a light cutting and thrusting weapon; the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist (excluding the back of the head and the hands); double touches are not allowed. Summary Events Men's Women's Past events Nations Numbers indicate the number of fencers each nation sent to that Olympics. Medal table Source: ''Accurate as of the conclusion of the 2020 Summer Olympics'' See also * List of Olympic venues in fencing *Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics References * {{International Fencing competitions Sports at the Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven fencing (sport), fencing events were contested. 260 fencers from 19 nations competed. The events took place at the Tuileries Garden. p. 16. Accessed 14 November 2010. Medal summary Weekly summary The fencing events were spread out over a good deal of time. The competitions began on Monday, 14 May.14–20 May * The first round of the amateur foil competition was held on 14 May and 15 May. Judging was subjective, a change from the 3-touch format from four years earlier. 37 of the 54 fencers advanced, including some who had nominally lost their bouts (when the judges felt that both fencers displayed good skill) and excluding some who had nominally won. * The quarterfin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Camet
Francisco Carmelo Camet, also known as Eduardo Camet (September 16, 1876 – July 15, 1931) was the first Argentine Fencing, fencer to compete at the Summer Olympic Games. Born in Buenos Aires, he studied in Paris, where he competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He entered the Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée, épée event, which involved 101 fencers from 10 different countries. In the first round they were drawn into 17 groups, Camet beat four of the fencers, lost to Léon Sée, and finished in second place, good enough for the next round. Then fencers were split into six groups, with the top three from each group qualifying for the next round. Camet again finished second in his group, behind Edmond Wallace, and advanced to the next round. The semi-final involved 18 fencers, 16 of them from France, and again the top three from each group would qualify for the finals. Camet placed third in his group and qualified. There were nine competitors in the final, and Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Brosch
Rudolf Brosch was an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 .... He also worked as a translator of the fencing books of Luigi Barbasetti, who was his fencing teacher, and wrote books about fencing himself. References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Austrian male fencers Austrian foil fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Neralić
Milan Neralić (26 February 1875 in Slunj – 17 February 1918 in Vienna) was an Austrian fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Biography Born to a Serb family, he was the first person from Croatia to take part in the Olympic Games and the first one to win a medal. Neralić joined the army in 1893 and in 1895 took part in the Vienna newtown military fencing and gymnastics instructor course. His teachers included Heinrich Tenner and Rudolf Brosch. He participated in fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal in the Master's sabre. He was defeated by Italian fencer Italo Santelli in the semi-final. Neralić spent most of his life in Berlin and Vienna working as fencing instructor. His most notable student was Richard Verderber, winner of the silver (saber team) and bronze (foil) medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Conte (fencer)
Antonio Conte (11 December 1867 — 4 February 1953) was an Italian fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Biography Conte was born in Minturno. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the masters sabre, defeating fellow Italian fencer Italo Santelli Italo Santelli (15 August 1866 – 8 February 1945) was an Italian fencing, fencer who is considered to be the "father of modern sabre (fencing), sabre fencing". Biography Italo Santelli was born in Carrodano (La Spezia), Italy in 1866. He st ... in the final. References External links * * 1867 births 1953 deaths Sportspeople from the Province of Latina Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Flesch
Siegfried Friedrich "Fritz" Flesch (11 March 1872 – 11 August 1939) was an Austrian sabre Fencing, fencer who competed during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Olympic fencing career Born in Brno, Flesch was 27 years old when he came second in the Austrian sabre championships in 1899, the next year he competed for Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, in the first round of the Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre, sabre event he was one of the sixteen fencers to qualify to the next round, there he finished third out of a group of eight fencers so qualified for the final pool. In the final pool of eight fencers Flesch won four of his seven matches to finish in third place for the bronze medal, thus becoming the first Jewish fencer to win an Olympic medal. He returned to Olympic competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, now aged 36 years old he again participated in the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre, sabre ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Thiébaut
Henri Léon Thiébaut (19 November 1880 in Paris – 13 October 1956 in Paris) was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the sabre. He was defeated by Georges de la Falaise Louis Venant Gabriel Le Bailly de La Falaise (1866 in Luçon – 1910 in Paris) was a French fencer. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the sabre, defeating fellow French fencer Henri Masso ... in the final. References External links * 1880 births 1956 deaths French male sabre fencers Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic fencers of France Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nice Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges De La Falaise
Louis Venant Gabriel Le Bailly de La Falaise (1866 in Luçon – 1910 in Paris) was a French fencer. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the sabre, defeating fellow French fencer Henri Masson in the final. He also participated in Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics but was beaten in the final round, finishing in last place. By his wife, the former Henriette Hennessy, he had four children: * Louise Le Bailly de La Falaise, (1894-1910) * James Henry Le Bailly de La Falaise, 1898–1972), who married American movie stars Gloria Swanson and Constance Bennett * Alain Le Bailly de La Falaise, (1905–1977), first husband of model Maxime de la Falaise and father of fashion muse/designer Loulou de la Falaise Louise Vava Lucia Henriette Le Bailly de La Falaise (; 4 May 1947 – 5 November 2011), known as Loulou de la Falaise, was an English fashion muse and accessory and jewellery designer associated with Yves Saint Laurent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
