Manlio Di Rosa

Manlio Di Rosa ( born 14 September 1914 in Livorno, † March 15, 1989 ) was an Italian fencer who counted before and after the Second World War more than two decades the world's best with the foil.

Career

For the first time international attention made ​​Di Rosa as a member of the victorious Italian foil team at the "International Championships " in 1933 in Budapest - were officially recognized World Championships of the FIE, however, until 1937 At this time he was with the team already Olympic champion, . in the previous year had been able to beat the French squad in Berlin. Overall, Di Rosa won five medals in four different Olympic Games during his career. Only one of the Olympic competitions, which he took, he could not finish with a medal: In London, he reached 1948 Foil Single - only sixth.

He secured eight world titles, including 1951 in Stockholm as those foil - individual world champion, and defending the team title at the world championships in 1955 in front of his home crowd in Rome formed one of the glamorous highlights in Di Rosa active sports career.

Italy Summer Olympic Games 1937 World Fencing Championships 1947 World Fencing Championships 1949 World Fencing Championships 1951 World Fencing Championships 1953 World Fencing Championships 1954 World Fencing Championships 1955 World Fencing Championships September 14 Foil (fencing) France Albertson Van Zo Post Abelardo Olivier Tommaso Costantino Aldo Nadi Nedo Nadi Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin Giulio Gaudini Gustavo Marzi Ciro Verratti Jacques Lataste Adrien Rommel Edoardo Mangiarotti Viktor Zhdanovich Yury Sisikin German Sveshnikov Arkadiusz Godel Jerzy Kaczmarek Thomas Bach Matthias Behr Harald Hein Klaus Reichert Erk Sens-Gorius Andrea Borella Stefano Cerioni Mauro Numa Alexander Koch (fencer) Udo Wagner Thorsten Weidner Dmitriy Shevchenko (fencer) Brice Guyart Salvatore Sanzo Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini
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