Ferdinando Meglio (born 27 June 1959) is an Italian fencer. In the team

sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

events he won a gold medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, a silver at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

and a bronze at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. He also competed in the individual sabre event at the Mediterranean Games winning gold medals in

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

and

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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* * 1959 births Living people Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Fencers from Naples Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Fencers at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Fencers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub