Wladimiro Calarese

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Wladimiro Calarese
Wladimiro Calarese at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1930-10-03)3 October 1930
Messina, Italy
Died13 August 2005(2005-08-13) (aged 74)
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Sabre, team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Sabre, individual
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1965 Paris Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Gdańsk Sabre, individual
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1955 Barcelona Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 1963 Naples Team sabre

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.[1] He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1955 and 1963 winning gold medals in the team sabre events.[2]

After retiring from competitions Calarese attained 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,[3] but also taught fencing at Wright State University.

In 2009, an international sabre tournament was held in his honour in Palermo, which was attended by the world's best sabre competitors.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Wladimiro Calarese". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Wladimiro Calarese". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ Publications by Calarese. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  4. ^ LA SCIABOLA MONDIALE IN PEDANA IN SICILIA – IL MEMORIAL CALARESE. federscherma.it


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