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Born | Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia | 8 March 1929
Died | May 2015 (aged 86) [1] |
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Sport | Fencing |
Emilio Echeverry (8 March 1929 – May 2015) was a Colombian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. [2]
Echeverry was described by El Tiempo as his nation's "prominent fencer" preceding Mauricio Rivas and Juan Miguel Paz; he won seven medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games between 1946 and 1962 and was twice his country's Olympic flagbearer. [3] [4]
Personal information | |
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Born | Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia | 8 March 1929
Died | May 2015 (aged 86) [1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Emilio Echeverry (8 March 1929 – May 2015) was a Colombian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. [2]
Echeverry was described by El Tiempo as his nation's "prominent fencer" preceding Mauricio Rivas and Juan Miguel Paz; he won seven medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games between 1946 and 1962 and was twice his country's Olympic flagbearer. [3] [4]