Ignazio Fabra
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| Medal record | ||
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Competitor for  Italy |
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| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
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| Silver | 1952 Helsinki | Flyweight |
| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Flyweight |
Ignazio Fabra (born April 25, 1930 - April 13, 2008) is an Italian wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
He was born in Palermo and died in Genoa.
[edit] Olympics
Fabra competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the flyweight class, behind gold medalist Boris Maksovich Gurevich of the Soviet Union and ahead of bronze medalist Leo Honkala of Finland.[1][2] He received another silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 27, 2008)
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 27, 2008)
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