Andrea Cassarà Explained

Andrea Cassarà
Birth Date:3 January 1984
Birth Place:Passirano, Italy
Height:1.93 m
Weight:93 kg
Country:Italy
Weapon:Foil
Hand:Left-handed
Natlcoach:Andrea Cipressa
Club:CS Carabinieri
Fieranking:current ranking

Andrea Cassarà (born 3 January 1984) is an Italian left-handed foil fencer, two-time individual European champion, 2011 individual world champion, and three-time Olympics medalist.[1]

Cassarà won a bronze medal in the individual men's foil event and a gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and a gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[2]

Cassarà competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (as a replacement for suspended world #1 foil fencer Andrea Baldini), the 2012 London Olympic Games, and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Cassarà's medal record at world fencing championships include:

Cassarà won a gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, a silver medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2011 European Fencing Championships in Sheffield, United Kingdom, and a gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2015 European Fencing Championships in Montreux, Switzerland.

Between 2003 and 2018, Cassarà won 11 FIE Men's Foil Grand Prix titles, in addition to six silver medals and six bronze medals.

Between 2003 and 2020, Cassarà won 17 FIE Men's Foil World Cup titles, in addition to 13 silver medals, and seven bronze medals.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-24.
  2. Web site: Andrea CASSARA - Olympic Fencing Italy. 2016-11-20. International Olympic Committee. en. 2020-03-24.
  3. Web site: Championnats du Monde (La Havane) 2003-10-11 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  4. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  5. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Leipzig) 2005-10-15 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  6. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  7. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Turin) 2006-10-07 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  8. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  9. Web site: Championnats du Monde FM Equipes (Pékin) 2008-04-18 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  10. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  11. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Antalya) 2009-10-06 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  12. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  13. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Paris) 2010-11-11 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  14. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  15. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Budapest) 2013-08-12 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  16. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  17. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Kazan) 2014-07-21 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  18. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  19. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Moscow) 2015-07-18 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  20. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  21. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Leipzig) 2017-07-26 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  22. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  23. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Wuxi) 2018-07-26 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  24. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.
  25. Web site: Championnats du Monde (Budapest) 2019-07-22 Entries. fie.org. 2020-03-25.
  26. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2020-03-25.