Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – 24 May 1968) was one of the greatest Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.

Biography

He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

in Berlin."1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Fencing"
'databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 26, 2008) He received a gold medal in ''épée team'' in 1928 and in 1936, and a silver medal in 1932.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riccardi, Franco 1905 births 1968 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics