Giovanni Canova
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| gold | Antwerp 1920 | Epee team |
| bronze | Paris 1924 | Epee team |
Giovanni Canova (born July 27, 1880 in Canicattì ; † October 28, 1960 in Turin ) was an Italian sword fencer .
successes
Giovanni Canova took part in two Olympic Games : at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , he took first place in the team competition with the Italian team. Together with Abelardo Olivier , Tullio Bozza , Dino Urbani , Andrea Marrazzi , Tommaso Costantino , Antonio Allochio , Aldo Nadi , Nedo Nadi and Paolo Thaon di Revel , Canova became Olympic champion . In the individual competition, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 1924 he moved with the team in Paris again in the final round, which he finished with Giulio Basletta , Marcello Bertinetti , Virgilio Mantegazza , Vincenzo Cuccia and Oreste Moricca behind France and Belgium on the bronze medal .
Web links
- Giovanni Canova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1908 : France ( Alibert , Berger , Collignon , Gravier , Lippmann , E. Olivier , Stern ) | 1912 : Belgium ( H. Anspach , P. Anspach , Hennet , de Montigny , Ochs , Rome , Salmon , Willems ) | 1920 : Italy ( A. Olivier , Allocchio , Bozza , Canova , Costantino , Marazzi , A. Nadi , N. Nadi , Thaon di Revel , Urbani ) | 1924 : France ( Buchard , Ducret , Gaudin , Labatut , Lippmann , Liottel , Tainturier ) | 1928 : Italy ( Agostoni , M. Bertinetti , G. Basletta , Cornaggia , Minoli , Riccardi ) | 1932 : France ( Buchard , Cattiau , Piot , Jourdant , Schmetz , Tainturier ) | 1936 : Italy ( Brusati , Cornaggia , E. Mangiarotti , Pezzana , Ragno , Riccardi ) | 1948 : France ( Artigas , Desprets , Guérin , Huet , Lepage , Pécheux ) | 1952 : Italy ( Battaglia , F. Bertinetti , Delfino , D. Mangiarotti , E. Mangiarotti , Pavesi ) | 1956 : Italy ( Anglesio , F. Bertinetti , Delfino , E. Mangiarotti , Pavesi , Pellegrino ) | 1960 : Italy ( Delfino , E. Mangiarotti , Marini , Pavesi , Pellegrino , Saccaro ) | 1964 : Hungary ( Bárány , Gábor , Kausz , Kulcsár , Nemere ) | 1968 : Hungary ( Fenyvesi , Kulcsár , Nagy , Nemere , P. Schmitt ) | 1972 : Hungary ( Erdős , Fenyvesi , Kulcsár , Osztrics , P. Schmitt ) | 1976 : Sweden ( Edling , von Essen , Flodström , Högström , Jacobson ) | 1980 : France ( P. Boisse , Gardas , Picot , Riboud , Salesse ) | 1984 : Federal Republic of Germany ( Borrmann , Fischer , Heer , Nickel , Pusch ) | 1988 : France ( Delpla , Henry , Lenglet , Riboud , Srecki ) | 1992 : Germany ( Borrmann , Felisiak , Proske , Resnitschenko , A. Schmitt ) | 1996 : Italy ( Cuomo , Mazzoni , Randazzo ) | 2000 : Italy ( Mazzoni , Milanoli , Randazzo , Rota ) | 2004 : France ( É. Boisse , F. Jeannet , J. Jeannet , Obry ) | 2008 : France ( F. Jeannet , J. Jeannet , Robeiri ) | 2016 : France ( Borel , Jérent , Grumier , Lucenay )
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| SURNAME | Canova, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sword fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canicattì , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1960 |
| Place of death | Turin , Italy |