Mario Aldo Montano

Mario Aldo Montano medal table
Mario Aldo Montano (1972)
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
gold	Munich 1972	Saber crew
silver	Montreal 1976	Saber crew
silver	Moscow 1980	Saber crew
World championships
bronze	Vienna 1971	Saber crew
gold	Gothenburg 1973	saber
bronze	Gothenburg 1973	Saber crew
gold	Grenoble 1974	saber
bronze	Grenoble 1974	Saber crew
bronze	Hamburg 1978	Saber crew
silver	Melbourne 1979	Saber crew

Mario Aldo Montano (born May 1, 1948 in Livorno ) is a former Italian fencer .

successes

Mario Aldo Montano took part in three Olympic Games and won a medal in each of them. In 1972 he became Olympic champion in Munich with the team led by Michele Maffei , his cousin Mario Tullio Montano , Rolando Rigoli and Cesare Salvadori . In the individual, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In 1976 he won the silver medal with the team in Montreal . In the final, the Italian team met the Soviet Union , whose team won the battle 9: 4. He finished the individual competition in fifth place. Another silver medal he won in 1980 in Moscow with the team again after the Soviet Union.

He also secured several medals with the team at world championships , but only celebrated individual titles. In 1973 he became world champion in Gothenburg and defended the title in Grenoble the following year .

Life

He comes from a large fencing family, with one exception all saber fencers. His father was Aldo Montano (silver medal Olympia 1936 and 1948 , world champion 1938 ), his son is Aldo Montano ( Olympic champion 2004 , world champion 2011 ). His cousins ​​are Carlo Montano (silver medal Olympia 1976 in foil), Tommaso Montano (silver medal Olympia 1976 ) and Mario Tullio Montano ( Olympic champion 1972 and silver medal 1976 ).

Web links

• Mario Aldo Montano in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )