october july argentine competed olympic games son francisco summer olympics considered argentina participant olympics trained lawyer gained training love fencing early age father 1920s won tournaments won argentine national fencing championship successfully completed trials required nascent attend summer olympics paris official register non participant taking brief break finish law degree argentine fencing delegation sent summer olympics substitute foil team foil won bronze medal argentine medal sport sat matches norway spain replaced matches belgium subsequent events time death buenos_aires believed world oldest living olympic competitor early life born october son francisco summer olympics paris elder officially athlete france considered argentina olympic participant disputed claim hold title official argentine representative brother pursued political career served deputy national congress like rest family supportive argentine political reform party formed 1890s trained lawyer began fencing early age beginning 1910s behest father like father specialized proficient came place category second competition organized city buenos_aires years finished events nationally known founded organization sent represent argentina celebration overseen celebrate centenary brazil declaration independence native country won place sabre events host city rio_de_janeiro age youngest competitors represent country games olympic career great difficulty organizing team attend summer olympics despite establishment participation success trials attend gala olympic delegation travel paris participate games personal reasons official report lists member official delegation albeit participate year placed fifth team foil competition continued practice fencing winning national championship sport hold complete law degree travel amsterdam participate summer olympics joined teammates delegation placed fifth place newcomers fencing competition took place july august substitute sat matches norway spain called replace belgium entering quarter finals team defeated united_states netherlands advancing undefeated quarter finals hungary argentine team lost italy france eventual gold silver medal winning teams respectively competition bronze medal belgium argentina scrapped defeated won bronze medal team foil category teammates despite considered adverse time death olympic medal argentina fencing bronze medal won argentine delegation amsterdam silver medals won football team gold medals later life olympics traveled france visit old family home father studied academics fencing victory amsterdam considered milestone argentine athletics time substitute forgotten contributor contemporaries fencing community despite legitimate official medal winner given credit teammates emphasized position substitute team father died july years success olympics subsequently married returned second visit lived rest life buenos_aires time death july age believed world oldest living olympic athlete distinction actually belonged
Carmelo Camet