Fiorenzo Marini

Fiorenzo Marini medal table
Fiorenzo Marini
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
silver	London 1948	Epee team
gold	Rome 1960	Epee team
World championships
gold	Monte Carlo 1950	Epee team
silver	Stockholm 1951	Epee team
bronze	Brussels 1953	Sword

Fiorenzo Marini (born March 14, 1914 in Vienna , Austria , † January 25, 1991 in Chieri ) was an Italian sword fencer .

Career

Fiorenzo Marini took part in two Olympic Games . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he and the team reached the final round unbeaten, in which the Italian team only had to admit defeat to France , while they defeated Sweden and Denmark . Together with Carlo Agostoni , Luigi Cantone , Marco Antonio Mandruzzato , Dario Mangiarotti and Edoardo Mangiarotti , Marini won the silver medal. In 1960 he was in Rome with the team again in the final and was Olympic champion after beating the British team . In addition to Marini, Giuseppe Delfino , Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Pavesi , Alberto Pellegrino and Gianluigi Saccaro also belonged to the Italian team. Between the two Olympic Games, he was world champion in the team competition in Monte Carlo in 1950 . 1951 followed in Stockholm winning the silver medal with the team, 1953 in Brussels winning the bronze medal in individual.

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