The Cuban athlete would turn 54 next month.
Miami, United States. – Cuban swordist Camilo Bory Barrientos died in Taranto (Italy), confirmed the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) of Cuba. The athlete It was described as “iconic figure of the Cuban fencing.”
The Italian Fencing Federation (FIS) reported That, in Duel, the Regional Committee of Puglia postponed the 1st regional classification test of absolute sword provided in Bari. The FIS defined his death as “sudden and premature” and stressed his role as coach of the Scherma Taranto club.
Cuban independent media specified that Borge Barrientos was 53 years old, that his death occurred in Taranto because of a heart attack.
According to the FIS, BORY, born in Santiago de Cuba on October 28, 1971, arrived in Italy in 2008 through an international collaboration agreement between the Italian and the Cuban Federation, and since then became Pilar of the coaching staff of the Club Scherma Taranto, in which he formed generations of athletes.
The Club Scherma Taranto and the local press dedicated A public farewell. In a note published by Giornale Rossoblu It reads: “There are no words to describe the immense emptiness that the disappearance of Camilo Borge Barrientos leaves in all of us. (…) Today the world of fencing, and in particular the great family of the Club Scherma Taranto, loses not only a champion in sport, but also an extraordinary man.” And concludes: “Guide us from up there, teacher. Rest in peace, Camilo Borge Barrientos.”
FIS also collected a definition of the coach himself on his work philosophy: “In the gym we are united, we work together and in serenity. We put effort and enthusiasm, and so we continue forward. As a family.”
The INDER ratified that Borge Barrientos integrated the Cuban team and obtained world team bronze in 1999, in which Cuba climbed to the podium in a sword by male teams.
In Puglia, his death had an immediate impact on the competitive calendar and on the regional fencing community, which projection His “humility”, “empathy” and his status as a technical reference for 17 years in Taranto. The Regional Committee added that, three days before, in Cuba, Camilo’s father had died, at age 75.
