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Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
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Italian fencing master
Giorgio Santelli.
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Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
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Italian fencer
Lucien Gaudin.
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Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
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