Ramón Fonst

Ramón Fonst Segundo (born August 31, 1883 in Havana ; † September 10, 1959 there ) was a Cuban fencer . Fonst was the first ever Olympic medalist from Latin America .

He learned fencing from his father Filiberto Fonst . At the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris and the 1904 Games in St. Louis Fonst won a total of 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal. After he had won the three competitions in saber , foil and epee at an international tournament on the occasion of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco, California , the Cuban Fencing Association granted him a special status, with which he was released from duty from then on was to qualify for the national team in eliminations. At the age of 41, he took part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris , where he reached a quarter-finals. He competed in his last competition in 1938 at the age of 55 when he won his sixth gold medal as defending champion at the IV Central America and Caribbean Games in Panama .

After his career as an active athlete, Fonst became President of the National Olympic Committee for Cuba.

Web links

Commons : Ramón Fonst - Collection of Images

Ramón Fonst in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

↑ Ramón Fonst Segundo , in the official Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed , accessed on May 27, 2014 (Spanish)
↑ Ramón Padrón Oliveros: Ramón Fonst, never ranked second , in: Cuba Headlines from September 27, 2009, accessed on May 27, 2014 (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Fonst, Ramón
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fonst Segundo, Ramón (full name); Segundo, Ramón Fonst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cuban fencer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Havana , Cuba
DATE OF DEATH	September 10, 1959
Place of death	Havana , Cuba