Rubén Limardo

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Limardo and the second or maternal family name is Gascón.
Rubén Limardo

Limardo at the Masters épée 2012
Personal information
Born (1985-08-03) August 3, 1985
Bolivar City, Bolívar, Venezuela
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Club Piast Gliwice
Medal record
Men’s Fencing
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
2012 London Épée
World Championships
2013 Budapest Epée
Pan American Championships
2015 Santiago Épée
2015 Santiago Team Épée
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Épée
2015 Toronto Épée
2015 Toronto Team épée
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team épée
2011 Guadalajara Épée
2011 Guadalajara Team épée
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 Mayagüez Team épée
2006 Cartagena Team épée
2010 Mayagüez Épée
2006 Cartagena Épée

Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born August 3, 1985) is an épée fencer from Venezuela. Limardo won a gold medal for his native country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual épée competition. Five years earlier, he won the gold medal in the individual épée competition at the 2007 Pan American Games. His younger brother, Francisco, also competes in fencing on the international level.

Olympics

Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Limardo competed for his native country in the 2008 Olympics épée competition, placing 23rd.

Limardo competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the individual épée event at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 1 August, two days before his 27th birthday.[1] He won the gold when he defeated Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15–10 in the men's épée final, winning Venezuela's first ever fencing medal, and Latin America's first Olympic gold medal in épée in 108 years, after Ramón Fonst won the event in 1904.[2]

Limardo earned Venezuela's second gold medal in any Olympic Games with the first being at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games when Francisco Rodríguez won gold as a boxer in the light flyweight division.[3]

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the individual épée and the team épée competition. In the individual event, he was defeated by Ayman Mohamed Fayez of Egypt during the round of 32.[4] He was the flagbearer for Venezuela during the opening ceremony.[5]

World Fencing Championships Budapest 2013

Limardo won a silver medal on August 8, 2013, at the World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary by beating in semi-finals Swiss Fabian Kauter, number six in the world ranking.[6]

Fencing Background

Limardo began fencing at the age of seven, encouraged by an uncle who had discovered the sport in Hungary.[7] He was originally a right-handed foil fencer before injury caused him to switch both hand and weapon.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "London Olympics: Venezuela win first gold since 1968". The Times of India. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. ↑ "Venezuela wins first gold since 1968". Reuters. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Fencer Ruben Limardo returns to hero's welcome in Venezuela". NBC Olympics. 2012-08-07. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ↑ "Ruben Limardo qualified to World Fencing Championship final". 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  7. 1 2 "Ruben Limardo Biography". fie.org. FIE. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Fabiola Ramos		 Flagbearer for  Venezuela
Rio de Janeiro 2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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