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Nedo Nadi: Following in Father’s Footsteps
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Born July 9, 1894 • Livorno • Italy
Died January 1940 (aged 45) • Rome • Italy
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Notable Family Members brother Aldo Nadi

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Nedo (left) and Aldo Nadi fencing against each other.
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Aldo Nadi
Italian fencer
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
Giorgio Santelli.
Giorgio Santelli
Italian fencing master
Lucien Gaudin.
Lucien Gaudin
French fencer
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Champion Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich
Hungarian fencer
Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
Ilona Elek
Hungarian fencer
Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
Domenico Angelo
Italian fencing master
Luigi Barbasetti.
Luigi Barbasetti
Italian fencing master
Kahanamoku, Duke
Duke Kahanamoku
American surfer and swimmer
A pioneering fencer
Peter Westbrook
American fencer
Alfred Hutton, c. 1903.
Alfred Hutton
English fencing master
Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
American athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Harry Mallin
British athlete
Olympic gold-medal winner Ethelda Bleibtrey
Ethelda Bleibtrey
American athlete
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player
Aileen Riggin, 1922.
Aileen Riggin
American swimmer and diver
Eddie Eagan
American boxer and bobsledder
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
American athlete

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