Emilio Echeverry

Emilio Echeverry
Personal information
Born(1929-03-08)8 March 1929
Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia
Died4 May 2015(2015-05-04) (aged 86)[1]
Sport
SportFencing

Emilio Echeverry (8 March 1929 – 4 May 2015) was a Colombian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

Echeverry was described by El Tiempo as his nation's "prominent fencer" preceding Mauricio Rivas and Juan Miguel Paz; he won seven medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games between 1946 and 1962 and was twice his country's Olympic flagbearer.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "El COC lamenta el fallecimiento del esgrimista Emilio Echeverry". Colombian Olympic Committee. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Emilio Echeverry Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  3. ^ "TOQUES". El Tiempo. 2 February 1997.
  4. ^ "Emilio Echeverri". Olympedia.org.
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