Antonella Ragno-Lonzi

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Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
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Personal information
Born (1940-06-06) 6 June 1940 (age 83)
Venezia, Italy
Sport
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1972 Munich Foil Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1960 Rome Foil Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1964 Tokyo Foil Individual

Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (born 6 June 1940) is an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

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Biography

She received a gold medal in foil at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich [1] and a bronze at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. [2] She is married to Gianni Lonzi, Italy's 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the men's water polo.

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References

  1. "1972 Summer Olympics München, Germany Fencing" Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  2. "Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-31.