Marcello Bertinetti Explained

Marcello Bertinetti (27 April 1885 – 2 January 1967) was an Italian fencer.^[1] He competed in sabre and épée events at the 1908, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and won four team medals.^{[2] [3]} Individually he won a silver medal in the épée at the 1929 World Championships.^[4]

Bertinetti did not compete between 1911 and 1922 when he served as a medical doctor in Libya. Earlier he played football and won the national title in 1908. His son Franco and grandson Marcello also became Olympic fencers.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marcello Bertinetti . Olympedia . 25 March 2021.
2. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Marcello Bertinetti . 26 March 2010 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032813/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BERTIMAR01 . 29 September 2011 .
3. Web site: Marcello Bertinetti Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185133/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/marcello-bertinetti-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 March 2010 . sports-reference.com.
4. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/f/fechten/hst/13.html Fechten – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren – Degen)