Rubén Limardo

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Rubén Limardo

Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born 3 August 1985) is a Venezuelan left-handed épée fencer, five-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion.[1]

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Rubén Limardo
Limardo at the Masters épée 2012
Personal information
Full nameRubén Dario Limardo Gascón
Born (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 39)
Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
WeaponÉpée
ClubPiast Gliwice
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
2012 LondonÉpée
World Championships
2013 BudapestIndividual
2018 WuxiIndividual
2023 MilanTeam
Pan American Championships
2009 San SalvadorIndividual
2009 San SalvadorTeam
2012 CancúnTeam
2013 CartagenaTeam
2015 SantiagoIndividual
2016 Panama CityTeam
2017 MontrealIndividual
2017 MontrealTeam
2019 TorontoIndividual
2024 LimaTeam
2008 QuerétaroIndividual
2008 QuerétaroTeam
2011 Reno
2012 CancúnIndividual
2015 SantiagoTeam
2018 HavanaIndividual
2018 HavanaTeam
2011 RenoTeam
2013 CartagenaIndividual]
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de JaneiroIndividual
2015 TorontoIndividual
2015 TorontoTeam
2019 LimaIndividual
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2011 GuadalajaraIndividual
2011 GuadalajaraTeam
2019 LimaTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 MayagüezTeam
2006 CartagenaTeam{{{2}}}
2010 MayagüezIndividual
2006 CartagenaIndividual
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Limardo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

His younger brothers, Francisco and Jesus, also compete in fencing on the international level. In 2015 he was elected to the National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.[2]

Olympics

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

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

He competed in the team and individual épée events at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. In the individual event, he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Ayman Mohamed Fayez of Egypt,[6] Romain Cannone of France,[7] and Tibor Andrásfi of Hungary,[8] respectively. He was the flagbearer for Venezuela during the opening ceremony in the 2016 Olympics.[9]

Fencing background

Limardo began fencing at the age of seven, encouraged by an uncle who had discovered the sport in Hungary.[10] He was originally a right-handed foil fencer before injury caused him to switch both hand and weapon.[10]

He was awarded the Venezuelan Order of the Liberator after winning his gold medal at the London Olympic Games. President Hugo Chávez also presented him with a gold replica of Simon Bolivar's sword encrusted with precious stones.[11]

His brother Jesús Limardo also competes in fencing competitions. He has been a member of Piast Gliwice fencing club and currently resides in Łódź, Poland.[12][13]

Medal record

Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Individual Men's Épée 1st[14]
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World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 2nd[15]
2018 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Épée 2nd[16]
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Pan American Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2007 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Épée 2nd[17]
2008 Mexico Querétaro, Mexico Individual Men's Épée 2nd[18]
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Individual Men's Épée 1st[19]
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Épée 1st[20]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Épée 2nd[21]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Team Men's Épée 3rd[22]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Épée 2nd[23]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Épée 1st[24]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 3rd[25]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Épée 1st[26]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Épée 1st[27]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Team Men's Épée 2nd[28]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Team Men's Épée 1st[29]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Épée 1st[30]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Épée 1st[31]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Épée 2nd[32]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Épée 2nd[33]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Épée 1st[34]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Épée 1st[35]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Épée 1st[36]
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Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2007-06-01 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd[37]
2011-02-11 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Épée 3rd[38]
2022-03-04 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 1st[39]
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World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2006-06-23 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 1st[40]
2009-06-20 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 1st[41]
2010-02-27 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 3rd[42]
2010-05-07 France Paris, France Individual Men's Épée 2nd[43]
2011-03-18 France Paris, France Individual Men's Épée 3rd[44]
2013-05-24 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 1st[45]
2015-02-13 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd[46]
2020-02-07 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd[47]
2021-11-19 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 1st[48]
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