caption death_date death_place club birth_place image_size height sport birth_date image article_title
nedo nadi in 1919 29 january 1940 -lrb- aged 45 -rrb- portofino , italy c. s. fides , livorno livorno , italy 250px 1.88 m ftin on fencing 9 june 1894 nedo nadi 1919.jpg nedo nadi

nedo nadi

nedo nadi -lrb- 9 june 1894 -- 29 january 1940 -rrb- was one of the best italian fencers of all time .
he is the only fencer to win a gold medal in each of the three weapons at a single olympic games and won the most fencing gold medals ever at a single games -- five .
until mark spitz won seven swimming championships at the 1972 summer olympics , this was also the record number of gold medals won at a single games by any competitor .
nadi won six olympic gold medals in total .
