Alfredo Pezzana

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Alfredo Pezzana medal table

fencing

Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Berlin 1936 Epee team
fencing World championships
silver Liege 1930 Sword
silver Liege 1930 Epee team
silver Liege 1930 Saber crew

Alfredo Pezzana (born March 31, 1893 in Turin ; † May 7, 1986 ibid) was an Italian fencer .

successes

Alfredo Pezzana was three times vice world champion in Liège in 1930 . Both in the epee singles and in the team competitions with the epee and the saber, he took second place. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 he reached the final round unbeaten with the team, which Italy finished in first place without defeat. Together with Giancarlo Brusati , Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Saverio Ragno and Franco Riccardi , Pezzana became Olympic champion .

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personal data
SURNAME Pezzana, Alfredo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian fencer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin , Italy
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1986
Place of death Turin , France