Olympian and judge at the same GamesSourced
He fenced in Berlin, then judged another fencing match.
Bernardo de la Guardia, Costa Rica's first Olympic athlete, competed in men's sabre at the 1936 Berlin Games. At those same Games, he also judged a men's team sabre match.
One tournament put him on both sides of the contest.
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