Giuseppe Delfino

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Giuseppe Delfino
Giuseppe Delfino.jpg
Personal information
Born(1921-11-22)22 November 1921
Turin, Italy
Died10 August 1999(1999-08-10) (aged 77)
Turin, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Épée Team
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Épée Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Épée Individual
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Épée Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Épée Individual
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Épée Team

Giuseppe Delfino (22 November 1921 – 10 August 1999) [1] was an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.

Biography[]

He won a gold medal in the épée individual event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[2] He won Olympic gold medals in the épée team events in 1952, 1956 and 1960, and silver in 1964.

See also[]

  • Italian athletes with most Olympic medals
  • Italian fencer multiple medallists at the Olympics
  • Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame

References[]

  1. ^ sport-ref Archived 18 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 23 July 2010
  2. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Fencing" Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 26 June 2008)

External links[]

Summer Olympics
Preceded by
Edoardo Mangiarotti
 Italy Flag bearer for Italy
1964 Tokyo 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from ""