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Irene Camber or Irene Camber-Corno (born 12 February 1926) is an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

Irene Camber

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1926-02-12) 12 February 1926 (age 96) Trieste, Italy
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Foil
Club	SS Cassa di Risparmio, Milan
Medal record Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Foil Individual 1960 Rome Foil Team World Championships 1953 Brussels Foil Individual 1957 Paris Foil Team 1954 Luxembourg Foil Team 1957 Paris Foil Individual 1952 Copenhagen Foil Team 1953 Brussels Foil Team 1955 Rome Foil Team 1962 Buenos Aires Foil Team

Biography

Camber was born in Trieste, Italy on 12 February 1926.[1] She began to be interested in fencing at eight years-old in Trieste. Her involvement in fencing was not planned, but random.[2] Instead of entering the hall where she used to practice gymnastics, she mistakenly entered the fencing hall.[2] She had four appearances at Olympic Games: London (1948), Helsinki (1952), Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964).[2] After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in industrial chemistry, she made her debut at the London Games in 1948. She was defeated in the semi-finals.[2] Four years later at the Helsinki Games, she faced two-fold Olympic champion (at Berlin and London Games) 45-year-old Hungarian Ilona Elek.[1] Camber won the match by 4–3. She did not appear at the Melbourne Games, since she was pregnant. At the Rome Games in 1960, she won a bronze team medal.[1] She lastly took part in the Italian fencing team at the Tokyo Games. Camber also won medals st the world fencing championships.[1] Then she began to serve as the national team coach at the Munich Games, and Antonella Ragno, her pupil, won the gold medal. Camber also worked at Montedison chemical corporation during her fencing career.[1]

Achievements

Camber received a gold medal in the individual foil at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[3][4] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome she received a bronze medal in foil team. She also earned two titles – one individually (1953) and one with the Italian team (1957) – and six more medals at the Fencing World Championships.[1]

See also

• Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
• Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships

References

External links

• Irene Camber at Olympedia
• Irene Camber at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)

На других языках

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- [en] Irene Camber

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[it] Irene Camber

Irene Camber (Trieste, 12 febbraio 1926) è un'ex schermitrice italiana, vincitrice di una medaglia d'oro ed una di bronzo nella scherma ai giochi olimpici.

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[ru] Камбер, Ирен

Ирен Камбер-Корно (итал. Irene Camber-Corno; род. 12 февраля 1926, Триест) — итальянская фехтовальщица на рапирах, чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр 1952 года в личном первенстве, двукратная чемпионка мира[1][2].

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