Francisco Limardo

{{Short description|Venezuelan fencer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Francisco Limardo | image = Francisco Limardo Challenge SNCF Reseau 2015 teams t193830.jpg | fullname = Francisco Alberto Limardo Gascón | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela | height = 1.83 m | weight = 75 kg | hand = right-handed | weapon = épée | natlcoach = Rupert Gascon | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/12246 current ranking] | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's épée}} {{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Milan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2019 Lima | Team }} {{MedalBronze | 2023 Santiago | Individual }} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold| 2014 Veracruz | Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2014 San Jose | Individual}} {{MedalGold|2024 Lima|Team}} {{MedalGold|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalSilver| 2015 Santiago | Team}} {{MedalBronze| 2015 Santiago| Individual}} }}

'''Francisco Alberto Limardo Gascón''' (born 27 March 1987) is a Venezuelan épée fencer.<ref>{{cite web |title= Francisco Limardo |date=25 December 2012 |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/francisco-limardo-1.html |accessdate=26 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121215054059/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/francisco-limardo-1.html |archivedate= 15 December 2012 }}</ref> He is the brother of Rubén Limardo, who won Venezuela's first gold medal from a forty-four year drought at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Limardo competed as a member of the national fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his brother Ruben, and compatriots Wolfgang Mejías and Silvio Fernández. Limardo and his team, however, lost the fifth place match of men's team épée to the Hungarian team (led by Géza Imre), with a total score of 20 touches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Team Épée – Placement 5–6 Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEM402100/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=26 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820214531/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DFEM402100/index.html|archivedate=20 August 2012}}</ref>

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