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Luigi Carpaneda

1925 - 2011

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Luigi Carpaneda (28 November 1925 – 14 December 2011) was an Italian fencer and sailor. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively, in the team foil event. Besides fencing, Carpaneda was a five-time sailing captain of the Italian team at the Admiral Cup and won an international race in the 3/4 ton class in 1982 on Botta Dritta. He was killed by a car driving on red light in Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Carpaneda is the 459th most popular athlete (up from 560th in 2019), the 3,204th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,532nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Luigi Carpaneda ranks 459 out of 6,025Before him are Lyudmila Bragina, Harri Larva, Virgilijus Alekna, Anatoly Khrapaty, Wolfgang Nordwig, and Toivo Hyytiäinen. After him are Giancarlo Bergamini, Afonso Costa, Jorma Kinnunen, Frank Irons, Blanka Vlašić, and Sotirios Versis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Luigi Carpaneda ranks 273Before him are Julian Beck, Shehu Shagari, Francesco Colasuonno, José Beyaert, Luis Cruz, and Toivo Hyytiäinen. After him are John Fiedler, M. S. Swaminathan, Néstor Rossi, Anne-Marie Colchen, Pierre Mondy, and Carmen Martín Gaite. Among people deceased in 2011, Luigi Carpaneda ranks 225Before him are Würzel, Imre Makovecz, Jim Rathmann, Ulrich Biesinger, Max van der Stoel, and Harry Morgan. After him are Grete Waitz, Andrea True, James Arness, Peter Gethin, Lilian Jackson Braun, and Karl Aage Præst.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Carpaneda ranks 3,205 out of 5,161Before him are Antonio Venier (1330), Piercarlo Ghinzani (1952), Beppo Levi (1875), Luigi Di Biagio (1971), Ernesto Brambilla (1934), and Girolamo de Rada (1814). After him are Carlo Ceresoli (1910), Federico Commandino (1509), Giancarlo Bergamini (1926), Adeodato Giovanni Piazza (1884), Mario Bertini (1944), and Paolo Sardi (1934).

Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Luigi Carpaneda ranks 14Before him are Giulio Gaudini (1904), Carlo Agostoni (1909), Carlo Pavesi (1923), Ugo Frigerio (1901), Eugenio Monti (1928), and Giancarlo Ferrari (1942). After him are Giancarlo Bergamini (1926), Ugo Pignotti (1908), Sara Simeoni (1953), Saverio Ragno (1902), Gustavo Marzi (1908), and Rodolfo Terlizzi (1896).