Wladimiro Calarese

Wladimiro Calarese

Wladimiro Calarese at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	3 October 1930 Messina, Italy
Died	13 August 2005 (aged 74) Dayton, Ohio, United States
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
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

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

1. "Wladimiro Calarese". sports-reference.com.
2. Publications by Calarese. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
3. Wladimiro Calarese. findagrave.com
4. LA SCIABOLA MONDIALE IN PEDANA IN SICILIA – IL MEMORIAL CALARESE. federscherma.it