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 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, eight events in fencing (sport), fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (Épée (fencing), épée, Foil (fencing), foil and Sabre (fencing) ...
programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 to 9 September 1972. 94 fencers from 20 nations competed.
Fernando Lupiz
Fernando Lúpiz (born 12 April 1953) is an Argentine fencing, fencer and actor. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He later became known for playing Zorro on stage.
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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
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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 ...
Jacques Brodin
Jacques Brodin (22 December 1946 – 1 October 2015) was a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Pierre Marchand
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Marchand is known for his ongoing collaboration with Sarah McLachlan, having produced all of her albums since '' Solace'' in 1991. He also co-wrote several of M ...
Teddy Bourne
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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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Sándor Erdős
Sándor Erdős (born 21 August 1947 in Budapest) is a Hungarian épée fencer.
Olympics
Erdős won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Nicola Granieri
Nicola Granieri (3 July 1942 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in both épée and foil individual and team events with the best achievement of 7th place. He won a gol ...
Ali Chekr
Ali Chekr (born 1 July 1937) is a Lebanese épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
The 1967 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the V Mediterranean Games, ...
Ali Sleiman
Ali Sleiman ( ar, علي سليمان; born 28 March 1947) is a Lebanese épée and foil fencer. He competed in four events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Jan von Koss
Jan von Koss (born 26 September 1945) is a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 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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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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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 ...
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Georgi Zažitski
Georgi Zažitski (born 5 February 1946), also known as Georgy Semyonovich Zazhitski (Георгий Семёнович Зажицкий), is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Igor Valetov
Igor Valetov (russian: Игорь Анатольевич Валетов; born 1 February 1946 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1972 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.
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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 ...
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
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Daniel Giger
Daniel Giger (born 1 October 1949) 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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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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François Suchanecki
François Suchanecki (born 23 December 1949) 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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Scotty Bozek
Edward Scott Bozek (November 20, 1950 – January 7, 2022), also known as Scotty Bozek, was an American épée fencer. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Bozek earned a degree in Russian Studies from the University of Massachu ...
James Melcher
James Laurence Melcher (born November 5, 1939) is an American hedge fund manager and former Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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Melcher grew up in P ...
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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 ...
Hans-Jürgen Hehn
Hans-Jürgen Hehn (born 1 October 1944) is a retired German épée fencer. He won silver medals in the individual and team events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Harald Hein
Harald Hein (19 April 1950 – 20 May 2008) was a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal in the team event at the 1976 and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXI ...