Carlo Montano

Carlo Montano medal table
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
silver	Montreal 1976	Foil team
World championships
silver	Grenoble 1974	foil
bronze	Budapest 1975	Foil team
bronze	Buenos Aires 1977	foil
silver	Buenos Aires 1977	Foil team
silver	Melbourne 1979	Foil team
silver	Clermont-Ferrand 1981	Foil team
bronze	Rome 1982	Foil team

Carlo Montano (born September 25, 1952 in Livorno ) is a former Italian fencer .

successes

Carlo Montano took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , where he was eliminated with the foil team after the first round. In 1976 he won the silver medal with the team in Montreal . After three wins in the first round and successes over the United States and France , the Italian team met Germany , whose team won the battle 9: 6. In the individual, he finished 26th. At world championships he was runner-up four times, three times with the team and 1974 in the individual. There were also three bronze medals.

Life

He comes from a large fencing family, except himself all saber fencers. His uncle was Aldo Montano (silver medal Olympia 1936 and 1948 , world champion 1938 ), his cousin is Mario Aldo Montano ( Olympic champion 1972 and silver medal 1976 and 1980 , world champion 1973 and 1974 ), his brothers are Tommaso Montano (silver medal Olympia 1976 ) and Mario Tullio Montano ( Olympic champion 1972 and silver medal 1976 ). His nephew Aldo Montano ( Olympic Champion 2004 , World Champion 2011 ) was also a fencer.

Web links

• Carlo Montano in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )