Wladimiro Calarese
![]() Wladimiro Calarese at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Messina, Italy | 3 October 1930|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 August 2005 Dayton, Ohio, United States | (aged 74)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
After retiring from competitions Calarese defended 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,[2] but also taught fencing at Wright State University. He was survived by his son Gianguido Calarese, daughter Mia Calarese, sister Wanda Calarese and former wife Barbara Dirr. His another son Gino Calarese died before him.[3] In 2009, an international saber tournament was held in his honor in Palermo, which was attended by world's best saber competitors.[4]
References
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- ^ "Wladimiro Calarese". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Publications by Calarese. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- ^ Wladimiro Calarese. findagrave.com
- ^ LA SCIABOLA MONDIALE IN PEDANA IN SICILIA – IL MEMORIAL CALARESE. federscherma.it
- 1930 births
- 2005 deaths
- Italian male fencers
- Olympic fencers of Italy
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Sportspeople from Messina
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in fencing
- Universiade gold medalists for Italy
- Italian fencing Olympic medalist stubs