Lars Orvar Martin Lindwall (also ''Orwar''; born 10 August 1941) is a Swedish

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

fencer who won two team medals at the 1961 and 1962

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. He competed at the

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

and

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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.Orwar Lindwall
Swedish Olympic Committee Lindwall represented Östra Reals IF,

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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 {{Sweden-fencing-bio-stub