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Aldo Nadi
Italian fencer
Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
Domenico Angelo
Italian fencing master
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Nedo Nadi: Following in Father’s Footsteps
Italian fencer
Giorgio Santelli.
Giorgio Santelli
Italian fencing master
Nadi brothers
Italian fencers
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
Ilona Elek
Hungarian fencer
Lucien Gaudin.
Lucien Gaudin
French fencer

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