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Rubén Limardo
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Limardo at the Masters épée 2012
Personal information
Full name Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón
Born (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 39)
Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Weapon Épée
Club Piast Gliwice
FIE ranking current ranking
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
Gold 2012 London Épée
World Championships
Silver 2013 Budapest Individual
Silver 2018 Wuxi Individual
Bronze 2023 Milan Team
Pan American Championships
Gold 2009 San Salvador Individual
Gold 2009 San Salvador Team
Gold 2012 Cancún Team
Gold 2013 Cartagena Team
Gold 2015 Santiago Individual
Gold 2016 Panama City Team
Gold 2017 Montreal Individual
Gold 2017 Montreal Team
Gold 2019 Toronto Individual
Gold 2024 Lima Team
Silver 2008 Querétaro Individual
Silver 2008 Querétaro Team
Silver 2011 Reno
Silver 2012 Cancún Individual
Silver 2015 Santiago Team
Silver 2018 Havana Individual
Silver 2018 Havana Team
Bronze 2011 Reno Team
Bronze 2013 Cartagena Individual]
Pan American Games
Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Gold 2015 Toronto Individual
Gold 2015 Toronto Team
Gold 2019 Lima Individual
Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver 2011 Guadalajara Individual
Silver 2011 Guadalajara Team
Bronze 2019 Lima Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold 2010 Mayagüez Team
Silver 2006 CartagenaTeam {{{2}}}
Silver 2010 Mayagüez Individual
Bronze 2006 Cartagena Individual

Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born 3 August 1985) is a Venezuelan left-handed épée fencer, five-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion.

Limardo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

His younger brothers, Francisco and Jesus, also compete in fencing on the international level. In 2015 he was elected to the National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.

Olympics

Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Limardo competed for his native country in the 2008 Olympics épée competition, placing 23rd.

Limardo competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the individual épée event at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 1 August, two days before his 27th birthday. He won the gold when he defeated Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15–10 in the men's épée final, winning Venezuela's first ever fencing medal, and Latin America's first Olympic gold medal in épée in 108 years, after Ramón Fonst won the event in 1904.

Limardo earned Venezuela's second gold medal in any Olympic Games with the first being at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games when Francisco Rodríguez won gold as a boxer in the light flyweight division.

He competed in the team and individual épée events at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. In the individual event, he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Ayman Mohamed Fayez of Egypt, Romain Cannone of France, and Tibor Andrásfi of Hungary, respectively. He was the flagbearer for Venezuela during the opening ceremony in the 2016 Olympics.

Fencing background

Limardo began fencing at the age of seven, encouraged by an uncle who had discovered the sport in Hungary. He was originally a right-handed foil fencer before injury caused him to switch both hand and weapon.

He was awarded the Venezuelan Order of the Liberator after winning his gold medal at the London Olympic Games. President Hugo Chávez also presented him with a gold replica of Simon Bolivar's sword encrusted with precious stones.

His brother Jesús Limardo also competes in fencing competitions. He has been a member of Piast Gliwice fencing club and currently resides in Łódź, Poland.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Individual Men's Épée 1st

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 2nd
2018 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Épée 2nd

Pan American Championship

Year Location Event Position
2007 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Épée 2nd
2008 Mexico Querétaro, Mexico Individual Men's Épée 2nd
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Individual Men's Épée 1st
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Épée 1st
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Épée 2nd
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Team Men's Épée 3rd
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Épée 2nd
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Épée 1st
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Épée 1st
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Épée 1st
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Team Men's Épée 2nd
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Team Men's Épée 1st
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Épée 1st
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Épée 1st
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Épée 2nd
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Épée 2nd
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Épée 1st
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Épée 1st
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Épée 1st

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
2007-06-01 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2011-02-11 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2022-03-04 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 1st

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
2006-06-23 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 1st
2009-06-20 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 1st
2010-02-27 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2010-05-07 France Paris, France Individual Men's Épée 2nd
2011-03-18 France Paris, France Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2013-05-24 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 1st
2015-02-13 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2020-02-07 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 3rd
2021-11-19 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 1st

See also

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