Mario Aldo Montano (born 1 May 1948) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold and two silver medals in the team sabre at three Olympic Games.[1] He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in the individual sabre event where he won silver medals in 1975 and 1979 and a bronze medal in 1971.[2]

Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Aldo Montano at the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1948-05-01) 1 May 1948 (age 76)
Livorno, Italy
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montréal Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team sabre
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 1975 Algiers Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 1979 Split Individual sabre
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Izmir Individual sabre

He is the son of fencer Aldo Montano who competed for Italy at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. His son, also called Aldo Montano, competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Mario Aldo Montano". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Mario Aldo Montano". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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