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Born | Cava dei Tirreni, Italy | 28 November 1943||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||
Club | C. N. Posillipo, Napoli | ||||||||
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Pasquale La Ragione (born 28 November 1943) is a retired Italian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh place with the Italian team at both Games. [1] He also won a silver medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in the individual foil event. [2]
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