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Also Known As Ilona Schacherer
Born 1907
Died 1988 (aged 81)
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
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Champion Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich
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Hungarian fencer
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
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András Balczó
András Balczó
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Champion Olympic marksman Károly Takács
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Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
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Italian fencing master
Giorgio Santelli.
Giorgio Santelli
Italian fencing master
Lucien Gaudin.
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American artistic swimmer
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Muhammad Ali
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Katie Ledecky
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Kōhei Uchimura at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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