Carlo Pavesi (10 June 1923 – 24 March 1995) was an Italian fencer. He won four gold medals in total at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the individual and team

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

events. He competed at the Mediterranean Games in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

, where he won a gold medal in the team épée event and a silver medal in the individual épée event, and in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

, where he won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a silver in the team épée event.

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1923 births 1995 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Fencers at the 1955 Mediterranean Games People from Voghera {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub