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1996 Men's Olympic Fencing Medalists

Individual Epée: 1. Aleksandr Beketov, RUS, def. 2. Ivan Trevejo Perez, CUB (15-14); 3. Geza Imre, HUN def. Ivan Kovacs, HUN (15-9). Team Epée: 1. Italy def. 2. Russia (45-43); 3. France def.…

Brewer's: Last of the Romans

Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the murderers of Caesar. (B.C. 85-42.) Caius Cassius Longinus, so called by Brutus. (Died. B.C. 42.) Stilicho, the Roman general under Theodosius. (The…

1972 Men's Olympic Weightlifting Medalists

Class     Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Zymunt Smalcerz, POL 337.5   Lajos Szuecs, HUN 330.0   Sandor Holczreiter, HUN 327.5 Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb) Imre Földi, HUN…

Venetia

(Encyclopedia) VenetiaVenetiavənēˈshə [key], Ital. Veneto or Venezia Euganea, region (1991 pop. 4,380,797), 7,095 sq mi (18,376 sq km), NE Italy, bordering on the Gulf of Venice (an arm of the…

Hungarian literature

(Encyclopedia) Hungarian literature. Until the 19th cent. Latin was Hungary's literary language. The Funeral Oration (c.1230) is the oldest surviving work in Magyar; some 14th and 15th cent.…

1952 Olympics Gymnastics Medalists

MEN Event     Individual Combined Exercises Viktor Chukarin, URS 115.70   Grant Shaginyan, URS 114.95   Josef Stalder, SUI 114.75 Team USSR 575.4  …