Roberto Ferrari (2 August 1923 – 11 October 1996) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver in 1952 and a bronze in 1960 in the team

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

event. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in

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, where he won a gold medal in the team sabre event and a bronze medal in the individual sabre event, and in 1955, where he won a gold medal in the team sabre event and a silver medal in the individual sabre event. Ferrari died in Rome on 11 October 1996, at the age of 73.

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1923 births 1996 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Fencers from Rome Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Fencers at the 1955 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub