FOCONI Alessio

Date of Birth: 22 Nov 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Place of birth: ROME

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : ITALY

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Men's Foil Individual	9
	Men's Foil Team ITA Italy	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Foil Individual Table of 32 #48 ITA FOCONI AFOCONI Alessio 15 GER SANITA ASANITA Andre 8	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Foil Individual Table of 16 #56 ITA FOCONI AFOCONI Alessio 3 HKG CHEUNG KLCHEUNG Ka Long 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Men's Foil Team Quarterfinal 3 #11 ITA Italy 43 JPN Japan 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Foil Team Classifications 5-8 #14 ITA Italy 45 EGY Egypt 30	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Foil Team Placement 5-6 #18 ITA Italy GER Germany	Cancelled

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Foil Individual	Foil Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	33	3
2018	Wuxi, CHN	1	1
2017	Leipzig, GER	7	1

European Championships

Year	Location	Foil Individual	Foil Team
2019	Dusseldorf, GER	1	3
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	10	2
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	10	3

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

Year	Foil Individual	Foil Team
2019/2020	1 x 1st, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 9th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2018/2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2017/2018	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 18th	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2016/2017	1 x 2nd, 1 x 12th, 1 x 18th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

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

Year	Foil Individual
2020/2021	1 x 33rd
2019/2020	1 x 5th
2018/2019	1 x 1st, 2 x 3rd
2017/2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 10th
2016/2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 17th

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

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019/2020	Foil Individual	World Cup	Tokyo, JPN
1	2018/2019	Foil Individual	Grand Prix	Shanghai, CHN
1	2018/2019	Foil Individual	World Cup	Paris, FRA
1	2018/2019	Foil Team	World Cup	Tokyo, JPN
1	2017/2018	Foil Individual	World Cup	Paris, FRA
1	2016/2017	Foil Individual	Grand Prix	Turin, ITA
1	2016/2017	Foil Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
2	2019/2020	Foil Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
2	2018/2019	Foil Individual	World Cup	St. Petersburg, RUS
2	2018/2019	Foil Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
2	2018/2019	Foil Team	World Cup	Bonn, GER
2	2017/2018	Foil Individual	World Cup	St. Petersburg, RUS
2	2017/2018	Foil Individual	World Cup	Cairo, EGY
2	2017/2018	Foil Team	World Cup	St. Petersburg, RUS
2	2017/2018	Foil Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
2	2016/2017	Foil Individual	Grand Prix	Shanghai, CHN
2	2016/2017	Foil Individual	World Cup	Cairo, EGY
2	2016/2017	Foil Team	World Cup	Bonn, GER

Watching movies and television series. (sport.sky.it, 24 Jul 2018)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Physical Education - Sapienza University, Rome, ITA

Partner Mariavittoria Cozzella

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Circolo Scherma Terni [ITA] / CS Aeronautica Militare [ITA]

Filippo Romagnoli [personal]

Right (fie.ch, 01 Sep 2012)

He took up the sport at age six at the Circolo Scherma Terni club in Italy. (aboutumbriamagazine.it, 07 Mar 2019)

He followed his older brother into the sport. "I fell in love with the sport and the people I met - maybe that's why I lost my head in fencing." (aboutumbriamagazine.it, 07 Mar 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Federazione Italiana Scherma Facebook page, 04 Feb 2021)

He had outdoor training sessions with fitness coach Walter Cutri in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic Games. "In my first years as a professional I only did weights to develop strength, but then thanks to Walter I realised I had to develop complex strength. Lifting a rock that has an uncomfortable and unbalanced shape forces you to use internal resources, in addition to just muscle strength. Balancing on tree branches follows the same principle - coordination, strength and concentration, as well as doing exercises on uneven ground and at adverse temperatures." (tuttoggi.info, 09 Jan 2021)

Winning two gold medals at the 2018 World Championships in Wuxi, People's Republic of China. (sport.sky.it, 24 Jul 2018)

Italian fencer Simone Vanni. (repubblica.it, 25 Jul 2018)

General Interest

General
PATIENCE PAYS OFF
He was not selected for the Italy fencing team ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, his friend Daniele Garozzo won gold in individual foil in Brazil, which inspired Foconi to refocus on his own career. His results steadily improved over the next two years, and he went on to win gold in both individual foil and team foil at the 2018 World Championships in Wuxi, People's Republic of China. "Watching [Garozzo] winning gold made me very happy but at the same time it changed something inside of me, it sparked a crazy desire to join him. I committed myself like mad. I had been the ugly duckling, suffering many blows. I had watched a lot competitions from the stands because I got eliminated. But all of it was helpful. I recognised the benefits of not quitting. I have always smiled and had the will to never surrender. I am the example of someone who works hard and achieves his goal." (sport.sky.it, 24 Jul 2018)

OTHER ROLES
He has coached young fencers at the Circolo Scherma Terni club in Italy. "If I can be a role model for all the kids that approach fencing or whatever other sport, teaching them that with sacrifice and will they can go far, I will be very honoured." (avvenire.it, 05 Sep 2018)

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Legend

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

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