Emilio Echeverry

Emilio Echeverry (8 March 1929 – 4 May 2015) was a Colombian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Emilio Echeverry

Personal information
Born	(1929-03-08)8 March 1929 Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia
Died	4 May 2015(2015-05-04) (aged 86)[1]
Sport
Sport	Fencing

Echeverry was described by El Tiempo as his nation's "prominent fencer" preceding Mauricio Rivas and Juan Miguel Paz; he won seven medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games between 1946 and 1962 and was twice his country's Olympic flagbearer.^[3][4]