Riccardo Nowak (16 January 1885 – 18 February 1950) was an Italian épée, foil and sabre fencer who took part in the

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Biography

Nowak won an Olympic silver medal in

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at the

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. He was part of the

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team that finished second in the

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behind

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. The others in the team were Marcello Bertinetti,

Sante Ceccherini Sante Ceccherini (15 November 1863 – 9 August 1932) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as Lo ...

Alessandro Pirzio Biroli Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (23 July 1877 – 20 May 1962) was an Italian fencer and army General. Biography Biroli won a silver medal competing in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. During the First World War Biroli fought in ...

and

Abelardo Olivier Abelardo Olivier (9 November 1877 – 24 January 1951) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and two golds at the 1920 Summer Olympics. References External links * * 1877 births 1951 deaths ...

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* 1885 births 1950 deaths Italian male épée fencers Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Italy Sportspeople from Bergamo Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Italian male foil fencers Italian male sabre fencers {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub