Emilio Echeverry
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 March 1929 Chinchiná, Caldas,Colombia |
| Died | May 2015 (aged 86)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Emilio Echeverry(8 March 1929 – May 2015) was a Colombian épée, foil and sabrefencer.He competed at the1956,1960and1964 Summer Olympics.[2]
Echeverry was described byEl Tiempoas his nation's "prominent fencer" precedingMauricio RivasandJuan Miguel Paz;he won seven medals at theCentral American and Caribbean Gamesbetween 1946 and 1962 and was twice his country's Olympic flagbearer.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^"El COC lamenta el fallecimiento del esgrimista Emilio Echeverry".Colombian Olympic Committee.5 May 2015.Retrieved4 January2016.
- ^"Emilio Echeverry Olympic Results".sports-reference.com.Archived fromthe originalon 3 November 2012.Retrieved16 October2010.
- ^"TOQUES".El Tiempo.2 February 1997.
- ^"Emilio Echeverri".Olympedia.org.
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