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Born | Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela | 3 August 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born 3 August 1985) is a Venezuelan left-handed épée fencer, five-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion.[1]
Limardo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
His younger brother, Francisco, also competes in fencing on the international level. In 2015 he was elected to the National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.[2]
Olympics
Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Limardo competed for his native country in the 2008 Olympics épée competition, placing 23rd.
Limardo competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the individual épée event at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 1 August, two days before his 27th birthday.[3] He won the gold when he defeated Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15–10 in the men's épée final, winning Venezuela's first ever fencing medal, and Latin America's first Olympic gold medal in épée in 108 years, after Ramón Fonst won the event in 1904.[4]
Limardo earned Venezuela's second gold medal in any Olympic Games with the first being at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games when Francisco Rodríguez won gold as a boxer in the light flyweight division.[5]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the individual épée and the team épée competition. In the individual event, he was defeated by Ayman Mohamed Fayez of Egypt during the round of 32.[6] He was the flagbearer for Venezuela during the opening ceremony.[7]
Fencing background
Limardo began fencing at the age of seven, encouraged by an uncle who had discovered the sport in Hungary.[8] He was originally a right-handed foil fencer before injury caused him to switch both hand and weapon.[8]
He was awarded the Venezuelan Order of the Liberator after winning his gold medal at the London Olympic Games. President Hugo Chávez also presented him with a gold replica of Simon Bolivar's sword encrusted with precious stones.[9]
His brother Jesús Limardo also competes in fencing competitions. He has been a member of Piast Gliwice fencing club and currently resides in Łódź, Poland.[10][11]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2012 | London, United Kingdom | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[12] |
World Championship
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[13] |
2018 | Wuxi, China | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[14] |
Pan American Championship
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2007 | Montreal, Canada | Team Men's Épée | 2nd[15] |
2008 | Querétaro, Mexico | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[16] |
2009 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[17] |
2009 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Team Men's Épée | 1st[18] |
2011 | Reno, Nevada | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[19] |
2011 | Reno, Nevada | Team Men's Épée | 3rd[20] |
2012 | Cancún, Mexico | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[21] |
2012 | Cancún, Mexico | Team Men's Épée | 1st[22] |
2013 | Cartagena, Colombia | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[23] |
2013 | Cartagena, Colombia | Team Men's Épée | 1st[24] |
2015 | Santiago, Chile | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[25] |
2015 | Santiago, Chile | Team Men's Épée | 2nd[26] |
2016 | Panama City, Panama | Team Men's Épée | 1st[27] |
2017 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[28] |
2017 | Montreal, Canada | Team Men's Épée | 1st[29] |
2018 | Havana, Cuba | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[30] |
2018 | Havana, Cuba | Team Men's Épée | 2nd[31] |
2019 | Toronto, Canada | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[32] |
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[33] |
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | Team Men's Épée | 1st[34] |
Grand Prix
Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2007-06-01 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[35] |
2011-02-11 | Doha, Qatar | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[36] |
2022-03-04 | Budapest, Hungary | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[37] |
World Cup
Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2006-06-23 | Bogotá, Colombia | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[38] |
2009-06-20 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[39] |
2010-02-27 | Bern, Switzerland | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[40] |
2010-05-07 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[41] |
2011-03-18 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[42] |
2013-05-24 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[43] |
2015-02-13 | Vancouver, Canada | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[44] |
2020-02-07 | Vancouver, Canada | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[45] |
2021-11-19 | Bern, Switzerland | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[46] |
References
- ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ Archived 15 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "London Olympics: Venezuela win first gold since 1968". The Times of India. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Venezuela wins first gold since 1968". Reuters. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Fencer Ruben Limardo returns to hero's welcome in Venezuela". NBC Olympics. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Ruben Limardo Biography". fie.org. FIE. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ "Chavez gives symbolic sword to Venezuela fencer". NewsOK. Associated Press. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Szpadzista Piasta Gliwice Mistrzem Olimpijskim!". Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ↑ "Kryzys i pandemia. Mistrz olimpijski z Londynu, Ruben Limardo, rozwozi jedzenie... w Łodzi". Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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