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Born | Turin, Italy | 3 July 1942||||||||
Died | 28 December 2006 Turin, Italy | (aged 64)||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||
Club | Club Scherma Torino | ||||||||
Medal record
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Nicola Granieri (3 July 1942 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian fencer.[1] He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in both épée and foil individual and team events with the best achievement of 7th place.[2] He won a gold medal at the 1967 Mediterranean Games in the individual foil event.[3] He was the épée champion at the 1971 Fencing World Cup and won seventeen national titles over the course of his career.[1] Granieri was also the president of the fencing club in his home town of Turin during 24 years.[1]