Roland Losert (born 6 January 1945) is a retired Austrian fencer who won the world title in

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in 1963. He also won junior world titles in épée (1963) and

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(1964 and 1965). Losert competed at the

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and

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in the individual foil and individual and team épée events (nine in total). His best achievement was fourth place in the foil in 1964. His father Josef and sister

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were also successful fencers.

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1945 births Living people Austrian male fencers Austrian épée fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers from Vienna Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for Austria Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub