FICHERA Marco

Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: CATANIA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : MILAN

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Men's Épée Individual	23
	Men's Épée Team ITA Italy	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Épée Individual Table of 32 #39 KAZ KURBANOV RKURBANOV Ruslan 15 ITA FICHERA MFICHERA Marco 7	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Épée Team Quarterfinal 4 #12 ITA Italy 34 ROC ROC 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Épée Team Classifications 5-8 #14 ITA Italy 39 UKR Ukraine 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Épée Team Placement 7-8 #17 ITA Italy 36 SUI Switzerland 34	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	26	2

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual
2010	Singapore, SIN	1

World Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	64	5
2018	Wuxi, CHN	18	6
2017	Leipzig, GER	9	5
2015	Moscow, RUS	13	4
2014	Kazan, RUS	72	6

European Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Dusseldorf, GER	28	5
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	12	3
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	11	7

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2020/2021	1 x 46th	1 x 1st
2019/2020	1 x 29th	2 x 2nd, 1 x 4th
2018/2019	1 x 5th, 1 x 18th, 1 x 19th	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2017/2018	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 10th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th
2016/2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 6th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Epee Individual
2018/2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 16th, 1 x 47th
2017/2018	1 x 10th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 33rd
2016/2017	1 x 2nd, 1 x 39th, 1 x 40th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020/2021	Epee Team	World Cup	Kazan, RUS
1	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Paris, FRA
1	2016/2017	Epee Team	World Cup	Heidenheim, GER
2	2019/2020	Epee Team	World Cup	Vancouver, BC, CAN
2	2019/2020	Epee Team	World Cup	Bern, SUI
2	2018/2019	Epee Team	World Cup	Bern, SUI
2	2017/2018	Epee Team	World Cup	Legnano, ITA
2	2016/2017	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Bogota, COL
2	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Buenos Aires, ARG
2	2016/2017	Epee Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA

Fichi (baku2015.com, 27 Jun 2015)

Occupation:

Political Science - University of Milan, Italy

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

GS Fiamme Oro [Italy]

Dario Chiado [national]; Enrico Di Ciolo [national]

Right (fie.org, 17 Jul 2014)

He began fencing at about age seven at the Club Scherma Acireale in Italy. (marcofichera.it, 24 May 2019)

"My passion for fencing was born completely by chance. My former neighbour in Acireale, as well as my friend, had been practising this discipline for years. One day he asked me to keep him company. So I walked him to the gym and stopped to watch him. I immediately fell in love with the sport." (thesportspirit.com, 11 Jan 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (oasport.it, 07 Apr 2020)

Winning silver in team epee at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (thesportspirit.com, 11 Jan 2019)

Philosophy:

"Fencing is self-control, patience, and modesty." (marcofichera.it, 24 Nov 2019)

He received the 2018 Fair Play Award from the International Fencing Federation [FIE] after admitting he did not deserve a point he had been given during the final of the 2017 World Cup event in Bogota, Colombia. Had he taken the point he would have won the bout but he eventually went on to lose against Ukrainian fencer Bogdan Nikishin. "I prefer a fair defeat than a non-deserved victory." (fie.org, 08 Dec 2018; Tv2000it YouTube channel, 19 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He works with the Association for Therapeutic Intervention in Autism [AITA] charity. He has also worked in the sports and youth department of a political party in Milan, Italy, and would consider a role as a councillor for sport in future. "Dealing with sport means building a society without barriers between young and old, men and women, for people who are not born in Italy but feel Italian." (Instagram profile, 31 Mar 2021; msn.com, 26 Mar 2021; Tv2000it YouTube channel, 19 Nov 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2021 he completed a postgraduate degree in law from the University of Milan in Italy. "When I decided to undertake my second university path, I did it with the awareness that nothing would be easy or obvious, that I would have to make choices. However, I had no doubts because I really wanted it. In my opinion, I have always wanted to combine study as an indispensable training course in the life of each of us. I am convinced that, for the growth of the sector, all athletes must be able to pursue and also achieve their training goal." (Instagram profile, 31 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/marcofichi
https://instagram.com/mfichy/
https://twitter.com/marcofichi
Athlete Website: http://www.marcofichera.it/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXf4pJ-_QiM59LjVviXg15w

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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