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Emilio Echeverri

Colombian fencer (1929-2015)

Born
8 March 1929, Chinchiná
Died
May 2015
Citizenship
Colombia
Sport
fencing
Occupation
fencer
Height
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
68 kg (150 lb)

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.

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.

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Facts from Wikidata Q16091180 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.