Edoardo Mangiarotti biography
Edoardo Mangiarotti, (born April 7, 1919, Renate, Italy—died May 25, 2012, Milan), Italian fencer who was one of the crucial profitable performers within the historical past of the game. Over a 40-year profession, Mangiarotti received 13 Olympic medals and 13 staff world championships in foil and épée.
Mangiarotti’s father, a grasp fencer, started giving Edoardo and his brother Dario fencing classes on the age of eight. Edoardo was naturally right-handed however transformed to the left hand beneath the urging of his father, who believed it was a aggressive benefit. Mangiarotti was 17 years outdated when he competed on the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, serving to Italy to win the staff épée gold medal. He received three extra staff Olympic golds (1952, 1956, and 1960) and a silver (1948) within the épée competitors, in addition to a staff gold (1956) and three silvers (1948, 1952, and 1960) within the foil. An completed technical fencer, Mangiarotti additionally loved particular person success on the Olympics. At the 1952 Games in Helsinki, Finland, he captured a gold medal within the épée competitors and a silver within the foil. He additionally received particular person bronze medals (1948, 1956) within the épée, and his 13 Olympic medals are probably the most ever collected by a fencer. Mangiarotti’s brother Dario received a gold medal and two silver medals in Olympic competitors.