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Richard Brünner
Richard Brünner (18 November 1888 – 25 November 1962) was an Austrian fencing, fencer. He competed in the foil (fencing), foil competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1888 births 1962 deaths Austrian male fencers Austrian foil fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one of these disciplines. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century, evolving from historical European swordsmanship. The Italian school of swordsmanship, Italian school altered the Historical European martial arts, historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school of fencing, French school later refined that system. Scoring points in a fencing competition is done by making contact with the opponent with one's sword. The 1904 Olympic Games featured a fourth discipline of fencing known as singlestick, but it was dropped after that year and is not a part of modern fencing. Competitive fencing was one of the first sports to be featured in the Olympics and, along with Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
