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Gianluigi Saccaro

1938 - 2021

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Gianluigi Saccaro (29 December 1938 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian fencer. Saccaro won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, a silver at the 1964 Games and a bronze at the 1968 Games. He also competed at the 1972 Olympics, both individually and with the Italian team, but failed to reach the finals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gianluigi Saccaro is the 11th most popular fencer (up from 14th in 2019), the 2,760th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,038th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Gianluigi Saccaro ranks 11 out of 349Before him are Paul Anspach, Helene Mayer, Olga Szabó-Orbán, Endre Kabos, Lucien Gaudin, and Émile Coste. After him are Lajos Werkner, Pál Kovács, Győző Kulcsár, Ramón Fonst, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, and Rudolf Kárpáti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Gianluigi Saccaro ranks 242Before him are Lee Morgan, Deniz Baykal, Paolo Romeo, Ralph Bakshi, Liya Akhedzhakova, and Venedikt Yerofeyev. After him are Fred Anton Maier, Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, Myechyslaw Hryb, Corine Rottschäfer, and Theodor Kallifatides. Among people deceased in 2021, Gianluigi Saccaro ranks 235Before him are Benoît Sokal, Yıldırım Akbulut, Jean-Pierre Adams, Pavol Molnár, Kamal Ganzouri, and Clément Mouamba. After him are Lucía Hiriart, Hugo Maradona, Ng Man-tat, Roberto Calasso, Alan Lancaster, and B. J. Thomas.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gianluigi Saccaro ranks 2,760 out of 5,161Before him are Enrico Chiesa (1970), Flavio Chigi (1631), Giuseppe Morello (1867), Gian Domenico Romagnosi (1761), Anthony Panizzi (1797), and Marcantonio Trivisan (1475). After him are Giovanni Artusi (1540), Ambrogio Contarini (1429), Enrico Cecchetti (1850), Nicola Cabibbo (1935), Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), and Adolfo Baloncieri (1897).

Among FENCERS In Italy

Among fencers born in Italy, Gianluigi Saccaro ranks 3Before him are Nedo Nadi (1894), and Edoardo Mangiarotti (1919). After him are Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici (1904), Aldo Nadi (1899), Franco Riccardi (1905), Dario Mangiarotti (1915), Italo Santelli (1866), Luigi Cantone (1917), Virgilio Mantegazza (1889), Pierluigi Chicca (1937), and Riccardo Nowak (1885).