Giulio Basletta

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Referee
Sex	Male
Full name	Giulio•Basletta
Used name	Giulio•Basletta
Born	5 May 1890 in Vigevano, Pavia (ITA)
Died	5 February 1975 (aged 84 years 9 months) in Vigevano, Pavia (ITA)
Affiliations	Circolo 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)		Pool #4		Jury President
	Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)		Pool #1		Director
	Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)		Pool #4		Jury President
	Foil, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #4	France — Germany	Jury President
	Foil, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #2	France — Belgium	Jury President
	Foil, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #1	Argentina — Denmark	Judge
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #3	France — Poland	Director
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #3	Sweden — Egypt	Director
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #6	Egypt — Germany	Director
	Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #2	Hungary — Germany	Jury President
	Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #6	Germany — Poland	Judge
	Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #3	Hungary — Netherlands	Jury President
	Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #5	France — Belgium	Jury President
	Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #4	Turkey — Yugoslavia	Jury President
	Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #5	Switzerland — Yugoslavia	Judge
	Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Final Pool		Judge
1948 Summer Olympics	Fencing	ITA				Giulio Basletta
	Foil, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #3	United States — Great Britain	Jury President
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #5	Denmark — Great Britain	Jury President
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #2	Luxembourg — United States	Jury President

Errata

Date of death also erroneously seen as 4 February 1974.