Ignazio Fabra

Ignazio Fabra

Personal information
Born	25 April 1930 Palermo, Italy
Died	13 April 2008 (aged 77) Genoa, Italy
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Società Sportiva Calvaruso Palermo GS Italsider Genova
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki -52 kg 1956 Melbourne -52 kg World Championships 1955 Karlsruhe -52 kg 1962 Toledo -52 kg 1963 Helsingborg -52 kg

Ignazio Fabra (25 April 1930 – 13 April 2008) is a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy.^[1] He won a world title in 1955 and finished second at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and 1962 and 1963 world championships. He placed fourth-fifth at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.^[2]

Fabra was deaf since birth and communicated by signs. He was winning the 1952 Olympic final against Boris Gurevich, but then misinterpreted a gesture of his coach, went into an attack, and got caught up in a counter-attack. After winning the 1955 world title he was a heavy favorite at the 1956 games, but lost in the final to Nikolay Solovyov due to a knee injury. Fabra retired in the late 1960s and became a wrestling coach. He led the national wrestling team at the 1969 World Games of the Deaf and prepared the 1972 Olympic medalist Giuseppe Bognanni.^[3][4]

Fabra was the first person to participate both at Olympic Games and Deaflympics.He has also won gold medals in 1961^[5] and 1965 Deaflympics. ^[6]

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