Rubén Limardo

Rubén Limardo

Limardo at the Masters épée 2012
Personal information
Born	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 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 a male 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] Limardo 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]

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.^[4]

Fencing Background

Limardo began fencing at the age of seven, encouraged by an uncle who had discovered the sport in Hungary.^[5] He was originally a right-handed foil fencer before injury caused him to switch both hand and weapon.^[5]

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. "Ruben Limardo qualified to World Fencing Championship final". 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
5. "Ruben Limardo Biography". fie.org. FIE. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

External links

• Rubén Limardo at BBC Sport
• Rubén Limardo at NBC Olympics
• Rubén Limardo at FIE