Ignazio Fabra (25 April 1930 – 13 April 2008) is a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

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. He won a world title in 1955 and finished second at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and 1962 and 1963 world championships. He placed fourth-fifth at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. Fabra was

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since birth and communicated by signs. He was winning the 1952 Olympic final against Boris Gurevich, but then misinterpreted a gesture of his coach, went into an attack, and got caught up in a counter-attack. After winning the 1955 world title he was a heavy favorite at the 1956 games, but lost in the final to Nikolay Solovyov due to a knee injury. Fabra retired in the late 1960s and became a wrestling coach. He led the national wrestling team at the 1969 World Games of the Deaf and prepared the 1972 Olympic medalist Giuseppe Bognanni. Fabra was the first person to participate both at

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and Deaflympics. He has also won gold medals in 1961 and 1965 Deaflympics.

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* 1930 births Olympic wrestlers of Italy Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Italian male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Italy 2008 deaths Olympic medalists in wrestling Deaf martial artists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Italian deaf people 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-wrestling-bio-stub