Full name: Joseph Paletta, Jr.
Gender: Male
Height: 6-0.5 (185 cm)
Weight: 174 lbs (79 kg)
Born: November 15, 1937 in New York, New York, United States
Affiliations: US Navy, (USA)
Country: United States
Sport: Fencing
Joseph Paletta attended the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he tried to make the baseball team. After failing that he turned to fencing. He had some history in fencing as he had started college at New York University, where he was a fencer. In 1959 Paletta won the NCAA foil championship. His teammates, [Roland Wommack] and [Alfonso Morales], won the épée and sabre, respectively, that year at NCAAs, the first time one school had won all three individual weapons. Paletta also fenced at the 1959 Pan American Games, winning a gold medal in team foil and a bronze in individual foil. In 1960, he was second in foil at the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) tournament, which qualified him for the Olympics. |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
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1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | Men's Foil, Individual | United States | USA | 5 p3 r2/5 | ||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | Men's Foil, Team | United States | USA | 5T |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | BW | BL | TG | TR | TD |
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1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Three | 5 | 1960-08-29 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | ||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Three | 2 | 1960-08-29 | Mehl (GER) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 4 | 4 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Three | 2 | 1960-08-29 | Zhdanovich (URS) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 0 | 0 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Three | 2 | 1960-08-29 | Verhalle (BEL) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 0 | 0 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Three | 1 | 1960-08-29 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Fülöp (HUN) 4 | 5 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool One | 3 | 1960-08-29 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | ||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool One | 2 | 1960-08-29 | Funamizu (JPN) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 0 | 0 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool One | 1 | 1960-08-29 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Midler (URS) 4 | 5 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool One | 1 | 1960-08-29 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Steininger (SUI) 3 | 5 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool One | 1 | 1960-08-29 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, El-Husseini (UAR) 3 | 5 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool One | 2 | 1960-08-29 | Azinhais (POR) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 4 | 4 |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | MW | ML | BW | BL | TBW/TD | IBW | TD |
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1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Quarter-Finals | Pool One | 2 | 1960-09-02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Quarter-Finals | Pool One | 2 | 1960-09-02 | ITA 9, USA 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Quarter-Finals | Pool One | 2 | 1960-09-02 | Pellegrino (ITA) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 2 | 2 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Quarter-Finals | Pool One | NC | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) Not contested, Aureggi (ITA) Not contested | |||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Quarter-Finals | Pool One | 2 | 1960-09-02 | Carpaneda (ITA) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 4 | 4 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Quarter-Finals | Pool One | NC | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) Not contested, Curletto (ITA) Not contested | |||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Four | 1 | 1960-09-02 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Four | 1 | 1960-09-02 | USA 9, LUX 3 | 9 | 3 | |||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Four | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Link (LUX) 2 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Four | 2 | 1960-09-02 | Schiel (LUX) 5, Paletta, Jr. (USA) 2 | 2 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Four | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Didier (LUX) 2 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round Two | Pool Four | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Theisen (LUX) 4 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | USA 9, POL 4 | 9 | 3 | |||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Franke (POL) 4 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Parulski (POL) 2 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | NC | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) Not contested, Różycki (POL) Not contested | |||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Woyda (POL) 4 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | USA 16, MAR 0 | 16 | 4 | |||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, El-Gressy (MAR) 2 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, El-Fassy (MAR) 1 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Ben Joullon (MAR) 2 | 5 | ||||||
1960 Summer | 22 | Roma | Fencing | United States | USA | Round One | Pool Six | 1 | 1960-09-02 | Paletta, Jr. (USA) 5, Ben Gualid (MAR) 1 | 5 |