Manuel Díaz (fencer)
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Manuel Dionysios Díaz Martínez (April 8, 1874 – February 20, 1929) was a Cuban fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Havana and died in Rochester, Minnesota.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21509 |title=Manuel Díaz |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 February 2021}}
In 1904 he won the gold medal in the individual sabre and team foil competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/manuel-diaz-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/manuel-diaz-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Manuel Díaz Olympic Results |access-date=2010-04-02 |work=sports-reference.com}} He also fenced at Harvard College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/results/72275|title = Olympedia – Foil, Team, Men}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220105157/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DIAZMAN01 Manuel Díaz at databaseOlympics.com]
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Category:Fencers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for Cuba
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Category:Harvard Crimson fencers
Category:Cuban emigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century Cuban sportsmen
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