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  1. 1Aladár GerevichAladár GerevichBorn 16 Mar 1910Sabre. Gerevich won Olympic gold at six Games from 1932 to 1960, a span no other athlete has matched in one event, seven of his golds coming in sabre. He embodied the Hungarian school of sabre: precise blade work from the wrist rather than wild slashes, and constant pressure on the opponent's…0i
  2. 2Ilona ElekIlona ElekBorn 17 May 1907Foil. Elek won Olympic individual foil gold in 1936 and, after the war cancelled two Games, again in 1948, then silver in 1952 aged 45. Women fenced only foil at the Olympics until 1996, and her career shows the classical foil game at its best: patient preparation, tight parries and a counterattack…0i
  3. 3Edoardo MangiarottiEdoardo MangiarottiFoil and épée. Mangiarotti won 13 Olympic medals, six of them gold, across both weapons between 1936 and 1960, still the most by any fencer. Naturally right-handed, he was trained by his father to fence left-handed, because left-handers' attacks come from an angle most opponents rarely face. His…0i
  4. 4Christian d'OriolaChristian d'OriolaFoil. D'Oriola won Olympic individual foil gold in 1952 and 1956 and four world titles, and he is often held up as the purest exponent of the French school: light, precise finger control of the blade and elegant footwork rather than force. Electric scoring arrived in foil in the mid-1950s, and his…0i
  5. 5Stanislav PozdnyakovStanislav PozdnyakovSabre. Electric scoring came to sabre only in 1988, and Pozdnyakov was the first great champion of the faster game that followed: explosive, attacking and built on winning the start of each phrase. He won individual Olympic gold in Atlanta 1996, four Olympic team golds and multiple world titles.…0i
  6. 6Pavel KolobkovPavel KolobkovBorn 22 Sept 1969Épée. Kolobkov won Olympic épée gold at Sydney 2000 and world titles spread across more than a decade, and his game is the clearest lesson in how épée works. With the whole body as target and no right of way, he waited, controlled distance and struck the forearm or foot the instant an opponent…0i
  7. 7Laura Flessel-ColovicLaura Flessel-ColovicBorn 6 Nov 1971Épée. Women's épée joined the Olympics only in 1996, and Flessel, nicknamed "the Wasp", won its first individual title in Atlanta along with team gold. Her quick, stinging attacks to the arm and willingness to fence at very close range contrasted with Kolobkov's patience, showing that épée rewards…0i
  8. 8Valentina VezzaliValentina VezzaliBorn 14 Feb 1974Foil. Vezzali won individual foil gold at three consecutive Olympics, Sydney, Athens and Beijing, plus team golds, and 16 world titles. Left-handed and tactically ruthless, she was a master of the counterattack and of manipulating right of way, drawing an opponent's attack and then taking the…0i
  9. 9Mariel ZagunisMariel ZagunisSabre. Women's sabre debuted at the Olympics in Athens 2004, and Zagunis won it, then won again in Beijing, the first American fencing gold in a century. Tall and long-armed, she used reach and a quick, direct attack to dominate the early years of a weapon that suited aggressive athletes. Her…0i
  10. 10Áron SzilágyiÁron SzilágyiSabre. Szilágyi won individual sabre gold at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, the first fencer to win three consecutive Olympic individual sabre titles. His style mixes the Hungarian tradition of precise blade work with the modern game's speed, and he is especially good at defending with a…0i