Wolfgang Eduardo Mejías (born March 14, 1983 in

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) is a Venezuelan épée fencer. Mejias represented

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at the

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, where he competed in two épée events. For his first event, the men's individual épée, Mejias lost the first preliminary match to Norway's Sturla Torkildsen, with a sudden death score of 11–12. Few days later, he joined with his fellow fencers and teammates Francesco Limardo, Silvio Fernández, and

Rubén Limardo Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born August 3, 1985) is a Venezuela, Venezuelan left-handed épée Fencing, fencer, five-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympic Games, Olympian, and 2012 indiv ...

, for the men's team épée. Although he was considered an alternate, Mejias and his team lost the fifth place match to the Hungarian team (led by

Géza Imre Géza Imre (; born 23 December 1974) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won four Olympic medals in the Épée competitions, a silver medal in 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, a bronze medal in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a silver medal in 2 ...

), with a total score of 25 touches.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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