Ignazio Fabra

{{Short description|Italian wrestler (1930–2008)}}

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|birth_date= 25 April 1930

|birth_place= Palermo, Italy

| death_date = 13 April 2008 (aged 77)

| death_place = Genoa, Italy

| height = 161 cm

| weight = 51 kg

|sport=Greco-Roman wrestling

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|club=Società Sportiva Calvaruso Palermo
GS Italsider Genova

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki |52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1956 Melbourne |52 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1955 Karlsruhe| 52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|1962 Toledo| 52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|1963 Helsingborg| 52 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold|1951 Alexandia|52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|1963 Naples|52 kg}}

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Ignazio Fabra (25 April 1930 – 13 April 2008) is a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/ignazio-fabra|title=Ignazio FABRA - Olympic Wrestling Greco-Roman {{!}} Italy|date=2016-06-12|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=9 September 2017|language=en}} He won a world title in 1955 and finished second at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and 1962 and 1963 world championships. He placed fifth at the 1960 Olympics and fourth at the 1964 Olympics.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/ignazio-fabra-1.html Ignazio Fabra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092727/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/ignazio-fabra-1.html |date=4 March 2016 }}. sports-reference.com

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.[http://www.agorasportonline.it/2011/09/01/lo-sport-italiano-dal-1946-il-1955/ Ignazio Fabra]. agorasportonline.it (1 September 2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?1275|title=Athletes {{!}} Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=28 August 2017|archive-date=8 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708082703/http://deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?1275|url-status=dead}}

Fabra was the first person to participate both at Olympic Games and Deaflympics. He has also won gold medals in 1961{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results/deaflympics/2/1704|title=Games {{!}} Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=28 August 2017}} and 1965 Deaflympics.{{Cite web|url=http://deaflympics2017.org/en/the-firsts-and-the-mosts-in-the-history-of-deaflympics-detail/113|title=Deaflympics 2017 Samsun|website=deaflympics2017.org|language=tr|access-date=28 August 2017}}