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Wladimiro Calarese

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Sport
  
Fencing

Weight
  
77 kg

Height
  
1.69 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Name
  
Wladimiro Calarese


Wladimiro Calarese

Born
  
3 October 1930 (
1930-10-03
)
Messina, Italy

Died
  
August 13, 2005, Dayton, Ohio, United States

Olympic medals
  
Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

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Wladimiro Calarese (3 October 1930 – 13 August 2005) was an Italian sabre fencer. He won two bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics and two silver medals, at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

After retiring from competitions Calarese defended a PhD at New York University and until his death in 2005 lived in the United States. He spent most of his career as a researcher at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, but also taught fencing at Wright State University. He was survived by his son Gianguido Calarese, daughter Mia Calarese, sister Wanda Calarese and former wife Barbara Dirr. His another son Gino Calarese died before him. In 2009, an international saber tournament was held in his honor in Palermo, which was attended by world's best saber competitors.

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Wladimiro Calarese Wikipedia


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