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Melania Grego is a female water polo forward from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the Setterosa.
Jean-Claude Magnan is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and a medalist in three successive Olympics.
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Simo Nikolić was a Croatian sailor. He competed for Yugoslavia at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He became European Champion in 1966, runner-up in 1968, and bronze medallist in the 1967 World Championship of the Snipe class, in all cases as a crew of Anton Grego.
Antun Banek was a Yugoslav cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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References
- ↑ "OAntun Grego". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
