Giulio Gaudini

Giulio Gaudini ( born September 28, 1904 in Rome, † January 6, 1948 ) was an Italian foil and epee fencer.

Gaudini took first in the 1924 Foil participate in the Olympics. During the finals, the Italian team withdrew from protest to a referee decision, so he left the games without a medal. At the games four years later in Amsterdam, he finally won with the foil team gold medal and a few days later in an individual bronze medal.

1928 at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam took Gaudini gold foil with the team and bronze in the foil individual.

At the Olympic Games 1932 in Los Angeles, he took the first time additionally to saber competitions and was able to achieve success there as well. He won the silver and the bronze medal in foil individual both with the saber and the foil team the silver medal in saber individual.

At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, he again took part in both disciplines. With the foil team he presented with 104 wins to 19 losses a new record and brought to the French team the gold medal. Two days later he won in a single foil his only gold medal in an individual competition. A few days later he won with the saber team against the team from Hungary and only got silver. His Olympic career, he ended it with a sixth place in the individual saber competition.

With the foil team he won the International Fencing Championships in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1935, 1930 and 1934, he also won the individual foil. In 1938 he won then again with the saber team.

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