Hein defeats Simoncelli to Win Gold
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Title
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Hein defeats Simoncelli to Win Gold
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Description
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Harald Hein (Germany) jumps in the air letting his foil go after scoring the winning point for his team, earning them a Gold medal. Hein defeated Stefano Simoncelli (Italy) who is seen pleading with the judge that the winning point was wrongly scored. Italians won Silver in the mens team foil fencing event, France the Bronze.
Caption on obverse:
"7/26/76-Montreal: German fans (rear) go wild as West Germany's Harald Hein jumps in the air letting his foil go (foregd) after scoring the winning point for his team, earning them a Gold medal. Hein defeated Stefano Simoncelli (bkgd) who is pleading with the judge at left that the winning point was wrongly scored. Italians won Silver for the mens foil fencing competition, France the Bronze."
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Publisher
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Fencing Arms & Artifacts
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Date
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July 26, 1976
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Contributor
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United Press International (Publisher)
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Format
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25.7 x 20.4 cm
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Language
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English
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Identifier
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2020.11.135
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Provenance
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Loaned for digitization by George Masin
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Digitized by Benjamin Bowles
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Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles
George Masin Collection