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Sport
  
Fencing

Event(s)
  

Name
  
Gustavo Marzi

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Gustavo Marzi

Born
  
25 November 1908
Livorno, Italy

Died
  
November 14, 1966, Bathyscaphe Trieste

Olympic medals
  
Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Similar People
  
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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.

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.

References

Gustavo Marzi Wikipedia


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