Gianluigi Saccaro

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Gianluigi Saccaro medal table
Gianluigi Saccaro (1968)
Gianluigi Saccaro (1968)

fencing

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Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Rome 1960 Epee team
silver Tokyo 1964 Epee team
bronze Mexico City 1968 Sword
fencing World championships
gold Paris 1957 Epee team
gold Philadelphia 1958 Epee team

Gianluigi Saccaro (born December 29, 1938 in Milan ) is a former Italian sword fencer .

Career

Gianluigi Saccaro took part in four Olympic Games . In 1960 he was Olympic champion in Rome with the team , four years later he won silver with her in Tokyo . In 1960 he narrowly missed winning a medal in fourth place, but in 1968 in Mexico City he managed to win the bronze medal. He finished sixth with the team. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he was eliminated both individually and with the team in the first round. With the Italian team he was also world champion in 1957 in Paris and in 1958 in Philadelphia .

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