Carlo Montano (born 25 September 1952) is an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team

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event at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. He won an individual silver in the

1974 World Fencing Championships The 1974 World Fencing Championships were held in Grenoble, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in Sout ...

, bronze in the team event in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, individual bronze and team silver in

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

, team silver in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

and

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

and finally team bronze in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in the individual foil event winning a gold medal in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

and a silver medal in

. Coming from a long family tradition of fencing, he is the nephew of Aldo Montano, cousin of Mario Tullio Montano,

Tommaso Montano Tommaso Montano (born 14 March 1953) is an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded ...

and

Mario Aldo Montano Mario Aldo Montano (born 1 May 1948) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold and two silver medals in the team sabre at three Olympic Games. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in the individual sabre event where he won silver medals in 197 ...

and uncle of Aldo Montano, Carlo is the only foilist in the family. Carlo has been one of the last foilits to fence with an Italian grip in a world-level competition. In 2013 he was elected president of Circolo Scherma Fides, the club where all the Montano family fenced.https://www.livornononstop.it/2024/09/04/carlo-montano-lolimpionico-dellombrellone-accanto/

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* * 1952 births Living people Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers from Livorno Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen Fencers at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Fencers at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub