Guido Balzarini
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Guido Balzarini (born October 21, 1874 in Arrone , † 1935 in Rome ) was an Italian saber fencer .
successes
Guido Balzarini took part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris with success, as he took first place with the team undefeated. Together with Renato Anselmi , Marcello Bertinetti , Bino Bini , Vincenzo Cuccia , Oreste Moricca , Oreste Puliti and Giulio Sarrocchi , Balzarini, who only played in the quarter-final match against the United States , but won all the battles, became Olympic champion . At the age of 49 he is the oldest Olympic champion in Italian Olympic history . Of all Olympic fencing champions, only the Hungarian Aladár Gerevich was older at the time of his Olympic victory in 1960.
Web links
- Guido Balzarini in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1908 : Hungary ( Földes , Fuchs , Gerde , Tóth , Werkner ) | 1912 : Hungary ( Berti , Földes , Fuchs , Gerde , Mészáros , Schenker , Tóth , Werkner ) | 1920 : Italy ( Baldi , Gargano , A. Nadi , N. Nadi , Puliti , Santelli , Urbani ) | 1924 : Italy ( Anselmi , Balzarini , Bertinetti , Bini , Cuccia , Moricca , Puliti , Sarrocchi ) | 1928 : Hungary ( Garay , Glykais , Gombos , Petschauer , Rády , Tersztyánszky ) | 1932 : Hungary ( Gerevich , Glykais , Kabos , Nagy , Petschauer , Piller ) | 1936 : Hungary ( Berczelly , Gerevich , Kabos , Kovács , Rajcsányi , Rajczi ) | 1948 : Hungary ( Berczelly , Gerevich , Kárpáti , Kovács , Papp , Rajcsányi ) | 1952 : Hungary ( Berczelly , Gerevich , Kárpáti , Kovács , Papp , Rajcsányi ) | 1956 : Hungary ( Gerevich , Hámori , Magay , Kárpáti , Keresztes , Kovács ) | 1960 : Hungary ( Delneky , Gerevich , Horváth , Kárpáti , Kovács , Mendelényi ) | 1964 : Soviet Union ( Assatiani , Mawlichanow , Melnikow , Rylski , Rakita ) | 1968 : Soviet Union ( Mawlichanow , Naslymow , Rakita , Sidjak , Vinokourov ) | 1972 : Italy ( Maffei , M. A. Montano , M. T. Montano , Rigoli , Salvadori ) | 1976 : Soviet Union ( Burzew , Krowopuskow , Naslymow , Sidjak , Vinokurow ) | 1980 : Soviet Union ( Alekhine , Burzew , Krowopuskow , Naslymow , Sidjak ) | 1984 : Italy ( Arcidiacono , Dalla Barba , Marin , Meglio , Scalzo ) | 1988 : Hungary ( Bujdosó , Csongrádi , Gedővári , Nébald , Szabó ) | 1992 : United team ( Hutzajt , Kirijenko , Pohossow , Posdnjakow , Schirschow ) | 1996 : Russia ( Kirijenko , Posdnjakow , Scharikow ) | 2000 : Russia ( Frossin , Posdnjakow , Scharikow ) | 2004 : France ( Pillet , D. Touya , G. Touya ) | 2008 : France ( Lopez , Pillet , Sanson ) | 2012 : South Korea ( Kim , Won , Gu , Oh )
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| SURNAME | Balzarini, Guido |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian saber fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arrone , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1935 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |