Adolfo Polo

Biographical information

Roles	Referee
Sex	Male
Full name	Adolfo•Polo Jiménez
Used name	Adolfo•Polo
Born	26 September 1949
Died	17 August 2023 (aged 73 years 10 months 21 days)
NOC	Cuba

Biography

Adolfo Polo worked as a judge and referee for the Peruvian Fencing Federation. During his career Polo officiated at multiple fencing competitions including bouts at the Pan American Games and the Olympics. At the 1996 Atlanta Games he was the referee for more than a dozen bouts for both the men’s and women’s competitions in all three weapon types.

Referee

Games	Sport (Discipline) / Event	NOC / Team	Phase	Unit	Role	As
1996 Summer Olympics	Fencing	CUB				Adolfo Polo
	Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic)		Bout #6	Vladislav Pavlovich — José Francisco Guerra	Referee
	Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)		Bout #1	Sandro Cuomo — Valery Zakharevich	Referee
	Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)		Bout #6	Vilmoș Szabo — Bence Szabó	Referee
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match 5/6	Estonia — Hungary	Referee
	Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)		Match #1	Canada — Romania	Referee
	Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Bout #8	Giovanna Trillini — Roxana Scarlat	Referee
	Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Bout #6	Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel — Felicia Zimmermann	Referee
	Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Bout #23	Liang Jun — Ferial Salhi	Referee
	Épée, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Bout #1	Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux — Margherita Zalaffi	Referee
	Épée, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Bout #1	Tímea Nagy — Elisa Uga	Referee
	Épée, Individual, Women (Olympic)		Bout #15	Niki-Katerina Sidiropoulou — Sarah Osvath	Referee
	Foil, Team, Women (Olympic)		Match 9/10	Israel — United States	Referee
	Foil, Team, Women (Olympic)		Match #1	United States — Argentina	Referee