Oreste Puliti

Oreste Puliti (18 February 1891 – 5 February 1958) was an Italian fencer.[1] He won four gold medals and a silver at three Olympic Games.[2][3]

Oreste Puliti
Personal information
Born(1891-02-18)18 February 1891
Livorno, Italy
Died5 February 1958(1958-02-05) (aged 66)
Lucca, Italy
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Italy (ITA)
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1920 AntwerpFoil, team
Gold medal – first place1920 AntwerpSabre, team
Gold medal – first place1924 ParisSabre, team
Gold medal – first place1928 AmsterdamFoil, team
Silver medal – second place1928 AmsterdamSabre, team

His teammates were accused of attempting to inflate his score by losing to him in the final of the Men's Sabre in 1924. He was disqualified for threatening to assault a Hungarian judge, Gyorgy Kovacs.[4]

References
  1. "Oreste Puliti". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. "Olympics Statistics: Oreste Puliti". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. "Oreste Puliti Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. "Schermen". hetutrechtsarchief.nl. Utrechtsch nieuwsblad. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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