Gustavo Marzi (25 November 1908 – 14 November 1966) was an Italian fencer. He competed in

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and

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events at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold or silver medal in every event he entered, except for individual sabre in 1928, in which he finished fourth. In total he won two gold and five silver medals. At the world championships, which were unofficial through 1935, he won 10 titles: two in the individual foil (1935, 1937), seven in team foil (1929–31, 1934–35, 1937–38) and one in team sabre (1938). He died from a

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, aged 57.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marzi, Gustavo 1908 births 1966 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers of 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 Deaths from lung cancer in Friuli Venezia Giulia

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