Gustavo Marzi

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Gustavo Marzi (1921)
Gustavo Marzi (1921)

fencing

Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver 1928 Amsterdam Saber crew
gold 1932 Los Angeles foil
silver 1932 Los Angeles Foil team
silver 1932 Los Angeles Saber crew
gold 1936 Berlin Foil team
silver 1936 Berlin Foil team
silver 1936 Berlin foil

Gustavo Marzi (born November 25, 1908 in Livorno , † November 14, 1966 in Trieste ) was an Italian foil and saber fencer.

Marzi first took part in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and won the silver medal with the saber team. At the Olympics four years later in Los Angeles, he also took part in the foil classification and won the gold medal in the individual competition. With both the saber and the foil team, he won the silver medal at the Los Angeles games. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he won the gold medal with the foil team, his second ever. With the saber team he was able to win the silver medal, which he could also win in the saber individual competition.

With the foil team he won the International Fencing Championships in 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1934 and 1935 . Also then the fencing world championships in 1937 and 1938 . In addition, he crowned his career with gold in 1937 in the foil singles and in 1938 with the saber team.

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