Gastone Darè

Gastone Darè medal table
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
silver	London 1948	Saber crew
silver	Helsinki 1952	Saber crew
World championships
bronze	Lisbon 1947	saber
gold	Lisbon 1947	Saber crew
gold	Cairo 1949	saber
gold	Cairo 1949	Saber crew
bronze	Monte Carlo 1950	saber
gold	Monte Carlo 1950	Saber crew
bronze	Stockholm 1951	saber
silver	Stockholm 1951	Saber crew
silver	Brussels 1953	Saber crew
silver	Rome 1955	Saber crew

Gastone Darè (born February 18, 1918 in Suzzara , † June 7, 1976 in Mantua ) was an Italian saber fencer and politician .

Life

Gastone Darè was the individual world champion in Cairo in 1949 and also won bronze in Lisbon in 1947 , in Monte Carlo in 1950 and in Stockholm in 1951 . In 1947, 1949 and 1950 he won the world title with the team and took second place with her in 1951 in Stockholm, 1953 in Brussels and 1955 in Rome . He took part in three Olympic Games in the saber competitions: In 1948 Darè in London with the Italian team took second place behind Hungary and received the silver medal together with Mauro Racca , Aldo Montano , Renzo Nostini , Vincenzo Pinton and Carlo Turcato . He finished the individual competition in sixth. At the Olympic Games in 1952 , he moved with the team again in the final round, which he finished with her one more time behind Hungary in second place. In addition to Darè, Mauro Racca, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini , Vincenzo Pinton and Roberto Ferrari won the silver medal. In the individual, he just missed another medal in fourth. In Melbourne , Darè was eliminated in 1956 in the semi-finals of the individual competition, while he finished fifth with the team.

Darè, who was a journalist by profession, represented Lombardy as Senator in the Italian Senate from May 16, 1963 to May 24, 1972 . He belonged to the Partito Socialista Italiano .

Web links

• Gastone Darè in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Gastone Darè at the Senato della Repubblica (Italian)