Enrico Garozzo Explained

Enrico Garozzo
Birth Date:	21 June 1989
Weapon:	épée
Hand:	right-handed
Club:	Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Natlcoach:	Sandro Cuomo
Headcoach:	Andrea Candiani
Formercoach:	Domenico Patti
Fieranking:	current ranking
Show-Medals:	yes

Enrico Garozzo (pronounced as /it/; born 21 June 1989 in Catania, Sicily) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.^[1]

Garozzo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.^[2]

Biography

Garozzo won a silver medal at the 2006 Cadets World Fencing Championship in Taebaek,^[3] then took the gold at the 2008 Junior World Fencing Championship in his childhood city Acireale.^[4]

Amongst seniors, he made his first Fencing World Cup podium in 2010 with a third place in the Grand Prix de Berne.^[5] This was followed in the 2011–12 season by a second place at the Jockey Club Argentino.

In the 2012–13 season he placed third in the Heidenheimer Pokal and in the 2013 Mediterranean Games at Mersin.^[6] He advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2013 European Championships at Budapest before being stopped by eventual silver medallist Daniel Jerent. In the 2013–14 season, he won a silver medal in the Doha Grand Prix^[7] and took a bronze medal at the World Championships in Kazan after losing in the semifinals to South Korea's Park Kyoung-doo.^[8] He finished the season 4th in world rankings, a career best.

In the 2014–15 season Garozzo won a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix.^[9]

Enrico's younger brother, Daniele, is a foil fencer.He lives in Milan with Estonian fencer Erika Kirpu.

Medal Record

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Men's Épée	2nd^[12]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[13]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[14]

Grand Prix

Year	Location	Event	Position
01/16/2014	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[15]
12/05/2014	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[16]
03/18/2016	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[17]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
02/27/2010	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[18]
06/29/2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[19]
02/15/2013	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[20]
01/22/2015	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[21]
11/13/2015	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[22]
02/12/2016	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[23]
02/08/2019	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	2nd^[24]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
2. Web site: IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI . carabinieri.it . Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l’argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l’oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora. . it . 17 March 2020.
3. Web site: Campionati mondiali cadetti un argento nella spada . Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano . 10 April 2006 . Italian.
4. Web site: Mondiali di Scherma giovani: oro all'Acese Enrico Garozzo . Gianluca Musmeci . Giornale di Sicilia . 12 April 2010 . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729114925/http://www.forzacireale.it/Primopiano.aspx?id=494 . 29 July 2014.
5. Web site: La terza prova . Alessandro Gennari . Pianeta Scherma . 13 February 2014 . Italian.
6. Web site: Mersin 2013, quattro medaglie dalla scherma: oro Di Francisca . Gabriele Lippi . Olimpiazzura.com . 22 June 2013 . Italian . 31 May 2014 . 19 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219072109/http://www.olimpiazzurra.com/2013/06/mersin-2013-quattro-medaglie-dalla-scherma-oro-di-francisca/ . dead.
7. Web site: Quella maledetta ultima stoccata… . Alessandro Gennari . Pianeta Scherma . 17 January 2014 . Italian.
8. Web site: Scherma, Mondiali, Spada: Fiamingo d'oro! Garozzo è di bronzo . Stefano Arcobelli . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 20 July 2014 . Italian.
9. Web site: Scherma, spada uomini, Grand Prix: Garozzo è di bronzo a Doha . Gasport . 6 December 2014 . Italian.
10. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
11. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 8 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
12. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
13. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
14. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 8 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
15. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
16. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
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20. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
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22. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
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24. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 April 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.