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In 1954, Vena won the first
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He won 29 of 35 bouts in fencing, scoring a total of 1,111 points. This is the best known performance in
Olympic modern pentathlon fencing, winning 82.9% of his bouts, and the highest ever points score awarded in fencing in the Olympic modern pentathlon.
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swimming, running, shooting, fencing) and won the fencing. His fencing result has become the longest standing record in the history of the modern
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