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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ramón
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Place of death
- Havana
- Occupation
- fencer
- Sport
- fencing
- Military rank
- commandant
- Image
- Ramón Fonst (8 mai 1904, Palais Royal) - btv1b53217249x (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1883-08-31
- date of death
- 1959-09-10
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- Ramón Fonst
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Encyclopedic overview
Ramón Fonst in 1900 Ramón Fonst Segundo (July 31, 1883 – September 9, 1959) was a Cuban fencer who competed in the early 20th century. He was one of the greatest world fencers, individual and by team; he was born and died in Havana. He became the first non-European and the only Latin American to win a title.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ramón Fonst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.