Lars Orvar Martin Lindwall (also ''Orwar''; born 10 August 1941) is a Swedish
épée
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fencer who won two team medals at the 1961 and 1962
Fencing World Championships
The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE; ''International Fencing Federation'' in English). Contestants may participate in foil, épée, and sabre events.
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. He competed at the
1960
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1964
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1968 Summer Olympics
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and finished fifth with the Swedish team in 1960 and fourth in 1964. His best individual result was seventh place in 1964.
Lindwall later attended the 1972–1984 and 1992 Olympics as a coach of the Swedish fencing team.
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Swedish Olympic Committee
Lindwall represented Östra Reals IF,
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
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Stockholms AFF and
Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande.
[ He won the 1963 Swedish championship in individual épée, representing Djurgården, two Swedish championships in individual foil, representing Östra Real and Stockholms AFF, two Swedish championships in team épée with FFF, and four Swedish championships with Stockholms AFF and FFF.]
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1941 births
Living people
Swedish male épée fencers
Swedish male foil fencers
Olympic fencers for Sweden
Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Lund
20th-century Swedish people
Djurgårdens IF fencers
Stockholms AFF fencers
Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande fencers
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