Wladimiro Calarese

Wladimiro Calarese
Wladimiro Calarese at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1930-10-03)3 October 1930
Messina, Italy
Died13 August 2005(2005-08-13) (aged 74)
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Sabre, team
1968 Mexico City Sabre, team
1960 Rome Sabre, team
1960 Rome Sabre, individual
World championships
1965 Paris Sabre, team
1963 Gdańsk Sabre, individual
Mediterranean Games
1955 Barcelona Team sabre
1963 Naples Team sabre

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] He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1955 and 1963 winning gold medals in the team sabre events.[2]

After retiring from competitions Calarese attained 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,[3] but also taught fencing at Wright State University.

In 2009, an international sabre tournament was held in his honour in Palermo, which was attended by the world's best sabre competitors.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Wladimiro Calarese". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Wladimiro Calarese". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ Publications by Calarese. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  4. ^ LA SCIABOLA MONDIALE IN PEDANA IN SICILIA – IL MEMORIAL CALARESE. federscherma.it