Rolando Rigoli

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Rolando Rigoli (1968)
Rolando Rigoli (1968)

fencing

ItalyItaly Italy
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Mexico City 1968 Saber crew
gold Munich 1972 Saber crew
fencing World championships
bronze Vienna 1971 Saber crew
bronze Gothenburg 1973 Saber crew
silver Grenoble 1974 Saber crew

Rolando Rigoli (born October 3, 1940 in Livorno ) is a former Italian saber fencer .

successes

Rolando Rigoli was runner-up in Grenoble in 1974 with the team . In 1971 in Vienna and 1973 in Gothenburg he also won bronze with her. He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1968 he reached the final in Mexico City with the Italian team against the Soviet Union , which prevailed 9: 7. Thus Rigoli received the silver medal together with Wladimiro Calarese , Pierluigi Chicca , Michele Maffei and Cesare Salvadori . In the individual competition, he finished fifth. Four years later there was a renewed battle for the gold medal against the Soviet Union, in which this time Italy got the upper hand with 9: 5. In addition to Rigoli, Mario Aldo Montano , Mario Tullio Montano , Michele Maffei and Cesare Salvadori were Olympic champions . In the individual he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

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