Oreste Puliti

Oreste Puliti medal table
fencing
Italy
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1920 Antwerp	Foil, team
gold	1920 Antwerp	Saber, crew
gold	1924 Paris	Saber, crew
gold	1928 Amsterdam	Foil, team
silver	1928 Amsterdam	Saber, crew

Oreste Puliti (born February 18, 1891 in Livorno , Province of Livorno , † February 5, 1958 in Lucca ) was an Italian foil and saber fencer and four-time Olympic champion .

Puliti first took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 . With the Italian team he won two gold medals in foil and saber fencing. In the individual competitions he took 4th and 7th place.

Four years later at the Games in Paris he was able to defend the gold medal with the Italian saber team. With the foil they came in 4th place. In the individual competition with the saber, the Italian fencers withdrew in protest against a referee's decision during the finals.

At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 he competed again at the age of 37. With the foil team he was able to win another gold medal and with the saber team he won the silver medal. In the foil individual competition he reached fourth place.

Web links

• Oreste Puliti in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )