Santelli - 1910's
From the U.S. Olympic Committee website "1920s: The U.S. experiences a large influx of European fencing masters, including Hungarians Joseph Vince and George Santelli, who would have a dramatic effect on U.S. performance internationally. " Link: http://www.usoc.org/sports2/fe/az_hist.html
1900 - Father Italo wins the silver medal - Men's Masters - Saber in the 2nd Olympic games in Paris, representing Hungary, THEN wins the Gold medal in Antwerp for the Men's team saber event for Italy! (all Olympic results from the www.olympic.org website.
"Giorgio’s childhood was divided chiefly between grammar school
and the Salle, where he began to
fence in earnest at the age of seven. He was an outsize youngster, with
exceptional speed and coordination, and he soon became known as a kind of
prodigy at sports, concentrating on fencing but with successful sorties into
soccer, tennis, and sculling." Robert Lewis Taylor from an interview with
Santelli in 1953.