At Hungary's Olympic trials for Rome 1960, fencer Aladár Gerevich was told at 50 he was too old. He challenged the sabre team to matches, won every one and went onto win his sixth Olympic gold medal in the team event in the Italian capital, his first having come at Los Angeles 1932. He is the only athlete to win six Olympic titles in the same event and he has the longest gap between his first and last gold medal at 28 years.