Rosetta Mangiarotti-Pirola
Rosetta "Rosa" Mangiarotti-Pirola (1900 – 22 September 1974) was an Italian fencer. She won the gold medal at the Olympics of Grace in the individual épée event in 1931.
 Mangiarotti-Pirola (second right), with her husband (right) and her three sons | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rosetta Mangiarotti-Pirola | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1900 Renate, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 September 1974 (aged 73–74) Bergamo, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
changeMangiarotti-Pirola was born in Renate in 1900.[1] At the age of 17, on 25 July 1918 she married to Olympic fencer Giuseppe Mangiarotti, who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2][3] They had three sons who all three became succesfull fencers. Edoardo (1919–2012) was multiple times Olympic champion, also her son Dario (1915–2010) was Olympic champion and Mario (1920–2019) was a World Fencing Championships medalist.[4][2][5]
In 1923 her husband organized a famous fifteen-day tour of Italy, in twelve cities combining sports entertainment, profit and personal advertising. The tour included famous fencers, including Aldo Nadi. Part of the tour was Mangiarotti-Pirola fighting with her husband.[2] In 1931 she wanted to compete at the Olympics of Grace in Florence in 1931, but her grandfather Beppe didn't want her to participate. However Rosetta packed her bags, went to the station and took the train to Florence.[6] There she won the gold medal in the individual épée event ahead of Italian Maria Antonietta Salonna and Lilj Smaine.[7]
References
change- ↑ "Rosetta Mangiarotti". geni.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "MANGIAROTTI, Dario e Edoardo". treccani.it (in Italian). 2015.
- ↑ "Giuseppe Mangiarotti". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1960–2020. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- ↑ "Giuseppe Mangiarotti Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ "Lutto nel mondo della scherma È morto Mario Mangiarotti". ecodibergamo.it (in Italian). 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "L'ultimo Mangiarotti si toglie la maschera". ilgiorno.it (in Italian).
- ↑ "Scherma. Mangiarotti e Schwaiger vittoriose all'Olimpiade della Grazia". Corriere della Sera. 22 May 1931. p. 7.
- ↑ "Rosetta Pirola Ved. Mangiarotti". newspaper death announcement (in Italian). 23 September 1974 – via ognivitaunracconto.ecodibergamo.it.
