fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...
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fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre), but women competed only in foil events.
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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.
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Guillermo Saucedo
Guillermo Saucedo (born 23 November 1940) is an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: M ...
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Alberto Balestrini
Alberto Edgardo Balestrini (9 March 1947 – 4 April 2017) was an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. Balestrini held a number of important posts throughout his career: he served as Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province under Dan ...
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Guillermo Obeid
Guillermo Obeid (6 February 1941 – 2 December 1999) was an Argentine fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Omar Vergara
Omar Vergara (6 April 1943 – 29 June 2018) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics
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Peter Macken
Peter Neville Macken (born 10 November 1938 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian modern pentathlete and fencer who competed in five Olympic Games. He competed in the modern pentathlon at all five Olympics from 1960 to 1976 and in fencing at ...
Bill Ronald
Bill Ronald (born 7 June 1949) is an Australian former fencer. He competed in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Duncan Page
Duncan Page (born 29 October 1934) is an Australian modern pentathlete and fencer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics
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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 ...
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Roland Losert
Roland Losert (born 6 January 1945) is a retired Austrian fencer who won the world title in épée in 1963. He also won junior world titles in épée (1963) and foil (1964 and 1965). Losert competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in ...
Frank Battig
Frank Battig (5 December 1935 – 30 September 2015) was an Austrian fencer and modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 and 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known a ...
Claude Bourquard
Claude Bourquard (born 5 March 1937) was a French fencer. He founded Asmb escrime, a fencing club in Besançon.
Career
He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he won a bronze medal in the team épée event. He also co ...
Teddy Bourne
Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to:
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* Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
* Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
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Bill Hoskyns
Henry William Furse "Bill" Hoskyns MBE (19 March 1931 – 4 August 2013) was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games.,
Fencing career
Hoskyns, born in London won two silver medals in 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. No British fence ...
Pál Schmitt
Pál Schmitt (; born 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy.
Schmitt was a successful fencer in his ...
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John Bouchier-Hayes
John Bouchier-Hayes (born 17 December 1944) is an Irish épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly know ...
Gianfranco Paolucci
Gianfranco Paolucci (born 18 February 1934) is an Italian fencer. He won silver medals in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the individual épée event at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
The 1967 Mediterranean Games, offici ...
Giovanni Battista Breda
Giovanni Battista Breda (21 July 1931 – 13 July 1992) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
The 1963 Mediterranean ...
Michał Butkiewicz
Michał Butkiewicz (born 18 August 1942) is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Bogdan Gonsior
Bohdan Gonsior (born 16 February 1937) is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Henryk Nielaba
Henryk Nielaba (born 5 September 1933) is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Kazimierz Barburski
Kazimierz Zygfryd Barburski (7 August 1942 – 26 May 2016) was a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Grigory Kriss
Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals.
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Viktor Modzolevsky
Viktor Modzolevsky (russian: Виктор Игоревич Модзолевский; 13 April 1943 – 20 November 2011) was a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in ...
Aleksey Nikanchikov
Aleksey Vladimirovich Nikanchikov (russian: Алексей Владимирович Никанчиков; 30 July 1940 – 29 January 1972) was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Yury Smolyakov
Yury Smolyakov (russian: Юрий Тимофеевич Смоляков; born 20 September 1941) is a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Dicki Sörensen
Dicki Sörensen (born 8 November 1940) is a Swedish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Carl von Essen
Carl von Essen (18 October 1940 – 11 November 2021) was a Swedish fencer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team.
Von Essen represented Föreningen ...
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Lars-Erik Larsson
Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson (15 May 190827 December 1986) was a Swedish composer, conductor, radio producer, and educator. He wrote three of the most popular works (each a suite) in Swedish art music: ''A Winter's Tale'' (; 1937–1938), the '' Pas ...
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Rolf Edling
Rolf Erik Sören Edling (born 30 November 1943) is a retired Swedish épée fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1976. His best individual result was fourth place in 1980.
Edling was born in ...
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Denys Chamay
Denys Chamay (12 December 1941 – 23 September 2013) was a Swiss fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Peter Lötscher
Peter Lötscher (4 February 1941 – 24 October 2017) was a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and c ...
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Christian Kauter
Christian Kauter (born 6 May 1947) is a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Alexandre Bretholz
Alexandre Bretholz (born 9 June 1944) is a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Michel Steininger
Michel Steininger (born 5 February 1935) is a Swiss fencer. He competed at the 1960, 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, ...
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Paul Pesthy
Paul Karoly Pesthy (March 25, 1938 – October 28, 2008) was an American modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States in 1958.
Competitions
He was a member of the U.S. Olympic modern penta ...
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Stephen Netburn
Stephen Jeffery Netburn (born July 12, 1943) is an American fencer.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, after transferring from New York University. He was US Épée Champion in 1969. In 1971 Netburn won gold medals in bo ...
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David Micahnik
David Micahnik (born November 5, 1938) is an American fencer and fencing coach. He was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and is Jewish.
Biography
Micahnik attended the University of Pennsylvania (1959), fencing for the University of Pennsylvani ...