Gustavo Marzi
Italian fencer
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Born | 25 November 1908 Livorno, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 November 1966 (aged 57) Trieste, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Foil, sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gustavo Marzi (25 November 1908 – 14 November 1966) was an Italian fencer. He competed in foil and sabre events at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold or silver medal in every event he entered, except for individual sabre in 1928, in which he finished fourth. In total he won two gold and five silver medals.[1]
At the world championships, which were unofficial through 1935, he won 10 titles: two in the individual foil (1935, 1937), seven in team foil (1929–31, 1934–35, 1937–38) and one in team sabre (1938). He died from a lung cancer, aged 57.[1]
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gustavo Marzi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Individual Foil
- 1896: Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (FRA)
- 1900: Émile Coste (FRA)
- 1904: Ramón Fonst (CUB)
- 1912: Nedo Nadi (ITA)
- 1920: Nedo Nadi (ITA)
- 1924: Roger Ducret (FRA)
- 1928: Lucien Gaudin (FRA)
- 1932: Gustavo Marzi (ITA)
- 1936: Giulio Gaudini (ITA)
- 1948: Jehan Buhan (FRA)
- 1952: Christian d'Oriola (FRA)
- 1956: Christian d'Oriola (FRA)
- 1960: Viktor Zhdanovich (URS)
- 1964: Egon Franke (POL)
- 1968: Ion Drîmbă (ROU)
- 1972: Witold Woyda (POL)
- 1976: Fabio Dal Zotto (ITA)
- 1980: Vladimir Smirnov (URS)
- 1984: Mauro Numa (ITA)
- 1988: Stefano Cerioni (ITA)
- 1992: Philippe Omnès (FRA)
- 1996: Alessandro Puccini (ITA)
- 2000: Kim Young-ho (KOR)
- 2004: Brice Guyart (FRA)
- 2008: Benjamin Kleibrink (GER)
- 2012: Lei Sheng (CHN)
- 2016: Daniele Garozzo (ITA)
- 2020: Cheung Ka Long (HKG)
- 2024: Cheung Ka Long (HKG)