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Giulio Basletta

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Referee
SexMale
Full nameGiulio•Basletta
Used nameGiulio•Basletta
Born5 May 1890 in Vigevano, Pavia (ITA)
Died5 February 1975 in Vigevano, Pavia (ITA)
AffiliationsCircolo della Spada Vigevano, Vigevano (ITA)
NOC Italy
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 2

Biography

Giulio Basletta won two Olympic medals with the Italian épée team. In Amsterdam he competed in three preliminary matches. He won four bouts against Germany (11-4), two against Czechoslovakia (13-2) and two against The Netherlands (10-6). Then, without him, the national team faced France in the final pool, beating them 9-7. Basletta also won one individual Italian title (1922), again in the épée event. He was president of the Italian Fencing Federation from 1940 to 1943. In honor of his sporting achievements, Basletta was awarded a gold medal by the Italian Olympic Committee.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1924 Summer Olympics Fencing ITA Giulio Basletta
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) DNS
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Italy 3 Bronze
1928 Summer Olympics Fencing ITA Giulio Basletta
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Italy 1 Gold

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1928 Summer Olympics Fencing ITA Giulio Basletta
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury President
1932 Summer Olympics Fencing ITA Giulio Basletta
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
1936 Summer Olympics Fencing ITA Giulio Basletta
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) Round One Pool 4 Jury President
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Pool 1 Director
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Pool 4 Jury President
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Pool France — Germany Jury President
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals France — Belgium Jury President
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Argentina — Denmark Judge
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals France — Poland Director
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Sweden — Egypt Director
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Egypt — Germany Director
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Hungary — Germany Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Germany — Poland Judge
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals Hungary — Netherlands Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals France — Belgium Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Turkey — Yugoslavia Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Switzerland — Yugoslavia Judge
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) Final Pool Judge
1948 Summer Olympics Fencing ITA Giulio Basletta
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals United States — Great Britain Jury President
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Denmark — Great Britain Jury President
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Luxembourg — United States Jury President

Special Notes

Errata

Date of death also erroneously seen as 4 February 1974.