Luigi Carpaneda

Luigi Arturo Carpaneda (born November 28, 1925 in Milan ; † December 14, 2011 ibid) was an Italian foil fencer , Olympic champion and world champion.

Most important successes

At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , Carpaneda won gold in the men's team floret, along with Edoardo Mangiarotti , Manlio Di Rosa , Giancarlo Bergamini , Antonio Spallino and Vittorio Lucarelli . At the subsequent 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , the Italian team was defeated with him by the USSR in the final and won silver. In Rome, Carpaneda was team world champion in foil in 1955 . In 1957 in Paris, his team won bronze in this competition .

Luigi Carpaneda died on December 14, 2011 at the age of 86.

Personal

The enthusiastic sailor won the Three Quarter Ton Cup in 1981 , was President of the Italian Sailing Association and was five times captain of the Italian team at the Admiral's Cup . He died in December 2011 at the age of 86 when he was hit as a pedestrian by a car in Milan whose driver ignored a red traffic light.

Web links

Commons : Luigi Carpaneda - Collection of Images

Luigi Carpaneda in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
History of the World Fencing Championships (men's foil) from sport-komplett.de
Milano, muore travolto da auto un ex olimpionico della scherma

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Tragica fine di Carpaneda Travolto da un auto a Milano. La Gazetta Della Sport, December 14, 2011, accessed September 17, 2015 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Carpaneda, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Carpaneda, Luigi Arturo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian foil fencer and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 2011
Place of death	Milan , Italy

[tod-1] Tragica fine di Carpaneda Travolto da un auto a Milano. La Gazetta Della Sport, December 14, 2011, accessed September 17, 2015 (Italian).