Antonio Spallino
Personal information
Born(1925-04-01)1 April 1925
Como, Italy
Died27 September 2017(2017-09-27) (aged 92)
Como, Italy
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1952 HelsinkiFoil, team
Bronze medal – third place1956 MelbourneFoil, individual
Gold medal – first place1956 MelbourneFoil, team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1951 AlexandriaTeam foil

Antonio Spallino (1 April 1925 – 27 September 2017) was an Italian fencer.[1] He won a gold, silver and bronze medal at two Olympic Games.[2][3] He competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal in the team foil event.[4] Spallino was President of Panathlon International from 1988 to 1996.[5] He was mayor of Como from 1970 to 1985.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lutto a Como, addio all'ex sindaco Antonio Spallino". espansionetv. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Antonio Spallino". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Antonio Spallino Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Olympedia – Antonio Spallino". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Proceedings of the XVII Congress of Panathlon International
  6. ↑ "Spallino il sindaco dei comaschi". La Provincia di Como. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.


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