Fencing - Team Italy

Fencing

Name Height Date of Birth
8 May 1989
22 Nov 1989
3 Jan 1984
4 Aug 1992

Team Officials

Function Name
Coach

Events Entered

Discipline Event Rank
FEN Fencing Men's Foil Team 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste
ITA
Italy
43
JPN
Japan
45
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste
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

:
RankYearLocation
Olympic Games
12012London, GBR
12004Athens, GRE
11984Los Angeles, CA, USA
11956Melbourne, AUS
11936Berlin, GER
11928Amsterdam, NED
11920Antwerp, BEL
21976Montreal, CAN
21960Rome, ITA
21952Helsinki, FIN
21948London, GBR
21932Los Angeles, CA, USA
32000Sydney, AUS
42016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
41924Paris, FRA
61992Barcelona, ESP
71988Seoul, KOR
81996Atlanta, GA, USA
91972Munich, FRG
World Championships
12018Wuxi, CHN
12017Leipzig, GER
12015Moscow, RUS
12013Budapest, HUN
12009Antalya, TUR
12008Beijing, CHN
12003Havana, CUB
11994Athens, GRE
11990Lyon, FRA
11986Sofia, BUL
11985Barcelona, ESP
11955Rome, ITA
11954Luxembourg, LUX
11950Monte Carlo, MON
11949Cairo, EGY
11938Piest'any, TCH
11937Paris, FRA
22010Paris, FRA
22005Leipzig, GER
21993Essen, GER
32019Budapest, HUN
32014Kazan, RUS
32006Turin, ITA
31997Cape Town, RSA
European Championships
22018Novi Sad, SRB
32019Dusseldorf, GER
32017Tbilisi, GEO
World Cup
12018/2019Tokyo
12016/2017Paris
22019/2020Paris
22018/2019Paris
22018/2019Bonn
22017/2018St. Petersburg
22017/2018Paris
22016/2017Bonn
32019/2020Tokyo
32018/2019Cairo
32017/2018Cairo
32016/2017Tokyo
32016/2017Cairo
42019/2020Bonn
42016/2017St. Petersburg
52018/2019St. Petersburg
52017/2018

General Interest

General
Italy is among the most successful nations in Olympic fencing and the men's foil team have made a large contribution to that record. In 19 participations at the Olympic Games, Italy have collected 13 medals, seven of them gold. Two of the gold medals came in 2004 and 2012 [the event was not contested in 2008], and at the most recent edition of the Games in 2016 they finished fourth.

In Rio de Janeiro, they lost 45-30 to eventual silver medallists France in the semifinals and then were unable to overcome the United States of America in the bronze medal match, going down 45-31. They secured a place at the Tokyo Games with a top-four place in the 2020/21 world ranking list.

At the world championships, they have had distinct periods of sustained success. First, Italy had a consecutive podium run of 11 events between 1937 and 1958, then a spell of seven medals in nine tournaments between 1975 and 1986 and, finally, a span of 14 events in which they won 12 medals from 2003 to the most recent edition in 2019. In total, they have won 17 world titles, finished second nine times and third eight times.

Unsurprisingly, they have been a major power in European competition with eight titles since 1999. However, in recent years they have been contenders without reaching the top step of the podium. Their most recent continental title came in 2012 and since then they have been on the podium in five of the seven tournaments without taking an overall win.

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Silver Medal
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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