Triccoli, Ezio

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Title: Triccoli, Ezio
Family name: Triccoli
Given name(s): Ezio
Gender: Male
Full biographical data: “He learned fencing from an English officer and from Captain Serafino La Manna while detained in the Zonderwater Camp. He joined the Zonderwater Fencing School and became a skilled fencer. While there, he designed and forged a new sword hilt for his sword called “pistol grip”. One of his POW colleagues suggested him to modify the hilt of the epee and the foil, that at the time it was in line with the blade, as it could improve the speed and the effect of the sword thrust. Triccoli designed and made the two hilts in cast aluminum. The
performance was tested and found much improved.
Triccoli brought the hilts he had invented back to Italy when he was repatriated in 1947. Once he
was settled, he created the Jesi Fencing Club in Jesi, his hometown, near Ancora, Italy, where he introduced a new style of fencing and trained many Italian Olympic champions. Triccoli’s pistole grips for the epee and the foil were later officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee.” Emilio Coccia
Related resources: Sword handle
Birth date: 1915
Country of birth: Italy
Place of birth: Jesi
Death date: 1996
Country of death: Italy
Place of death: Jesi
Information source URL(s): https://sport.sky.it/stories/calcio/buffa-racconta-diavoli-di-zonderwater/index.html
Bibliographic citation: Carlo Annese, I diavoli di Zonderwater. La storia dei prigionieri italiani in Sudafrica che sopravvissero alla guerra grazie allo sport, Milan:Edizioni Sterling and Kupfer, 2010

More details can be found in the episode 'I diavoli di Zonderwater curated by Federico Buffa for Sky Sport available at: https://sport.sky.it/stories/calcio/buffa-racconta-diavoli-di-zonderwater/index.html

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