Olympedia – Gustavo Marzi
Biography
One of Italy’s excellent foil and sabre fencers of the 1930s, Gustavo Marzi won seven Olympic medals. Two of them were gold, the first coming in the individual foil in 1932. Losing two bouts in the preliminaries, he was unbeaten in the final pool, beating all nine opponents. Strangely enough, he did not defend his title in 1936, but did compete with the Italian team, and won all but one of his bouts to help claim the gold. In addition two his gold medals, he won five silvers. Three of these came in the team sabre, where the Hungarians dominated. Marzi also collected an impressive amount of medals at the World Championships (unofficial status through 1935), winning 10 titles, two in the individual foil (1935, 1937), seven in team foil (1929-31, 1934-35, 1937-38) and one in team sabre (1938). By comparison, Marzi’s record at Italian championships was relatively poor, collecting two individual titles in the foil (1943, 1946) and two in the sabre (1934-34). He died at age 57 due to lung cancer.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 Summer Olympics | Fencing |  ITA |
Gustavo Marzi | |||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 4 | |||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Italy | 2 | Silver | |||
| 1932 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ITA |
Gustavo Marzi | |||
| Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
| Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Italy | 2 | Silver | |||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Italy | 2 | Silver | |||
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ITA |
Gustavo Marzi | |||
| Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Italy | 1 | Gold | |||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Italy | 2 | Silver |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Fencing Championships (9–11–0 1929 Napoli gold: foil team, silver: sabre; 1930 Liège gold: foil team, silver: foil and sabre team; 1931 Wien gold: foil team, silver: foil and sabre team; 1933 Budapest silver: sabre and sabre team; 1934 Warszawa gold: foil team, silver: foil and sabre team; 1935 Lausanne gold: foil and foil team, silver: sabre team; 1937 Paris gold: foil and foil team, silver: sabre team; 1938 Pieštany gold: foil team)
- Listed in Olympic Fencers - Winning Medals, Foil/Sabre, Individual (1932 Foil (Gold); 1936 Sabre (Silver).)
- Listed in Olympians Who Received the Italian Olympic Association (CONI) Gold Medal ()