Marcello Bertinetti (26 April 1885 – 31 July 1967) was an Italian fencer. He competed in sabre and

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and

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and won four team medals. Individually he won a silver medal in the épée at the 1929 World Championships.Fechten – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren – Degen)
sport-komplett.de Bertinetti did not compete between 1911 and 1922 when he served as a medical doctor in

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. Earlier he played football and won the national title in 1908. His son

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and grandson

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also became Olympic fencers.

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* 1885 births 1967 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing People from Vercelli Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Province of Vercelli {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub