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Also Known As Ilona Schacherer
Born 1907
Died 1988 (aged 81)
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
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Edoardo Mangiarotti.
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András Balczó
András Balczó
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Champion Olympic marksman Károly Takács
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Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
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Italian fencing master
Giorgio Santelli.
Giorgio Santelli
Italian fencing master
Lucien Gaudin.
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Muhammad Ali
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Neeraj Chopra
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