Giorgio Bocchino

Giorgio Bocchino medal table
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
bronze	Berlin 1936	foil
gold	Berlin 1936	Foil team
World championships
gold	Budapest 1933	Foil team
bronze	Warsaw 1934	foil
gold	Warsaw 1934	Foil team
gold	Lausanne 1935	Foil team
gold	Paris 1937	Foil team
silver	Piešťany 1938	foil
gold	Piešťany 1938	Foil team

Giorgio Bocchino (born July 14, 1913 in Florence , † December 4, 1995 there ) was an Italian foil fencer . He became an Olympic and world champion.

successes

Giorgio Bocchino was world champion five times in a row with the team from 1933 to 1938 . In the individual, a third place in 1934 and a second place in 1938 were his best results. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 , he reached the individual finals, which he completed with 4: 3 wins on the bronze rank. He also made it to the final round with the team, in which the Italian team remained unbeaten and became Olympic champions ahead of France .

Web links

• Giorgio Bocchino in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )