Italy national fencing team explained

The Italy national fencing team represents Italy in International fencing competitions such as Olympic Games or World Fencing Championships.

History

The national Italian fencing team participated to all the Summer Olympics editions, from Paris 1900, 26 times on 28.[1]

Medal tables

EventEditions1st editionMenWomenTotal Ranking
Tot.Tot.Tot.
align=left Olympic Games261900384026104 1291031 504936135 1st
align=left World Championships59193798 97111306 1st
align=left European Championships2219815128561351st

Olympic Games

Medals by event

EventMenWomen
Épée7 3 5 bgcolor=LightPink0 bgcolor=LightPink1 bgcolor=LightPink0
Team Épée8 4 3 bgcolor=LightPink1 bgcolor=LightPink1 bgcolor=LightPink1
Foil9 6 8 bgcolor=LightPink7 bgcolor=LightPink5 bgcolor=LightPink6
Team Foil7 6 1 bgcolor=LightPink4 bgcolor=LightPink2 bgcolor=LightPink3
Sabre2 8 4 bgcolor=LightPink0 bgcolor=LightPink0 bgcolor=LightPink0
Team Sabre4 12 5 bgcolor=LightPink0 bgcolor=LightPink0 bgcolor=LightPink0
Masters Sabre1 1 0 bgcolor=LightPink- bgcolor=LightPink- bgcolor=LightPink-
Total38 40 26 12 9 10

Paris 1900

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Masters Sabre

London 1908

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
0
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Team Sabre

Stockholm 1912

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Individual Foil

Antwerp 1920

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
5
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Individual Foil
Individual Sabre
Team Foil
Team Épée
Team Sabre

Paris 1924

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
0
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Team ÉpéeGiulio Basletta
Marcello Bertinetti
Giovanni Canova
Vincenzo Cuccia
Virgilio Mantegazza
Oreste Moricca
Team Sabre

Los Angeles 1932

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
2
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
4
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Individual ÉpéeCarlo Agostoni
Team ÉpéeSaverio Ragno
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Franco Riccardi
Carlo Agostoni
Renzo Minoli
Individual FoilGiulio Gaudini
Team FoilGiulio Gaudini
Gustavo Marzi
Ugo Pignotti
Gioachino Guaragna
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Giorgio Pessina
Individual Sabre
Team SabreGustavo Marzi
Giulio Gaudini
Renato Anselmi
Emilio Salafia
Arturo De Vecchi
Ugo Pignotti

Berlin 1936

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
4
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
3
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Individual ÉpéeSaverio RagnoGiancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Team Épée
Individual FoilGiorgio Bocchino
Team Foil
Individual Sabre
Team SabreVincenzo Pinton
Aldo Masciotta
Athos Tanzini
Aldo Montano
Gustavo Marzi
Giulio Gaudini

London 1948

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
4
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Individual ÉpéeEdoardo Mangiarotti
Team Épée
Team Foil
Individual Sabre
Team SabreCarlo Turcato
Gastone Darè
Vincenzo Pinton
Mauro Racca
Renzo Nostini
Aldo Montano

Helsinki 1952

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
4
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Individual Épée
Team Épée
Individual FoilManlio Di Rosa
Team Foil
Team SabreGiorgio Pellini
Vincenzo Pinton
Renzo Nostini
Mauro Racca
Gastone Darè
Roberto Ferrari
Women
Individual Foil

Melbourne 1956

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
2
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Individual ÉpéeAntonio Spallino
Team Épée
Individual FoilEdoardo Mangiarotti
Team Foil

Rome 1960

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
2
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
3
Men
Individual Épée
Team Épée
Team Foil
Individual SabreWladimiro Calarese
Team SabreWladimiro Calarese
Giampaolo Calanchini
Pierluigi Chicca
Roberto Ferrari
Mario Ravagnan
Women
Team FoilBruna Colombetti
Velleda Cesari
Claudia Pasini
Irene Camber
Antonella Ragno

Tokyo 1964

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
0
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
2
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Team Épée
Team Sabre
Women
Individual FoilAntonella Ragno

Mexico City 1968

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
0
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Individual ÉpéeGianluigi Saccaro
Team SabreWladimiro Calarese
Giampaolo Calanchini
Pierluigi Chicca
Roberto Ferrari
Mario Ravagnan

Munich 1972

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
2
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
0
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Team Sabre
Women
Individual Foil

Montreal 1976

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
3
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Individual Foil
Team Foil
Team SabreMario Aldo Montano
Michele Maffei
Angelo Arcidiacono
Tommaso Montano
Mario Tullio Montano
Women
Individual Foil

Moscow 1980

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
0
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Team SabreMichele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Marco Romano
Ferdinando Meglio

Los Angeles 1984

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
3
Men
Team ÉpéeStefano Bellone
Sandro Cuomo
Cosimo Ferro
Roberto Manzi
Angelo Mazzoni
Individual FoilStefano Cerioni
Team Foil
Individual Sabre
Team Sabre
Women
Individual FoilDorina Vaccaroni

Seoul 1988

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Individual Foil
Individual SabreGiovanni Scalzo
Team SabreMassimo Cavaliere
Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Marco Marin
Ferdinando Meglio
Giovanni Scalzo
Women
Team Foil

Barcelona 1992

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
2
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
1
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Individual Sabre
Women
Individual Foil
Team Foil

Atlanta 1996

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
2
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Team ÉpéeSandro Cuomo
Angelo Mazzoni
Maurizio Randazzo
Individual Foil
Team Sabre
Women
Team Épée
Individual Foil
Team Foil

Sydney 2000

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
0
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Team Épée
Team FoilDaniele Crosta
Gabriele Magni
Salvatore Sanzo
Matteo Zennaro
Women
Individual Foil
Team Foil

Athens 2004

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
3
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Individual FoilAndrea Cassarà
Team Foil
Individual Sabre
Team Sabre
Women
Individual Foil

Beijing 2008

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
2
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
0
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
5
Men
Individual Épée
Team ÉpéeStefano Carozzo
Diego Confalonieri
Alfredo Rota
Matteo Tagliariol
Individual FoilSalvatore Sanzo
Team SabreAldo Montano
Luigi Tarantino
Giampiero Pastore
Diego Occhiuzzi
Women
Individual FoilMargherita Granbassi
Team FoilValentina Vezzali
Giovanna Trillini
Margherita Granbassi
Ilaria Salvatori

London 2012

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
3
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
2
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Team Foil
Individual Sabre
Team SabreAldo Montano
Diego Occhiuzzi
Luigi Tarantino
Luigi Samele
Women
Individual FoilValentina Vezzali
Team Foil

Rio 2016

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
3
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
0
Men
Team Épée
Individual Foil
Women
Individual Épée
Individual Foil

Tokyo 2020

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
0
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
3
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
2
Men
Individual Foil
Individual Sabre
Team Sabre
Women
Team ÉpéeRossella Fiamingo
Federica Isola
Mara Navarria
Alberta Santuccio
Team FoilErica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Martina Batini
Alice Volpi

Paris 2024

width=25% Eventwidth=25% style="background-color:gold"Gold
1
width=25% style="background-color:silver"Silver
3
width=25% style="background-color:#cc9966"Bronze
1
Men
Individual Foil
Individual SabreLuigi Samele
Team Foil
Women
Team Épée
Team Foil

Multiple medalists

Olympic Games

The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.[2]

Fencer Individual Team Total
1bgcolor=pink align=leftValentina Vezzalibgcolor=PaleGreen3 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki0 bgcolor=Khaki1 6 1 2
2Nedo Nadibgcolor=PaleGreen3 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki0 bgcolor=Khaki0 600
3Edoardo Mangiarottibgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=Khaki5 bgcolor=Khaki4 bgcolor=Khaki0652
4bgcolor=pink align=leftGiovanna Trillinibgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen2bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki0 bgcolor=Khaki1 413
5Giulio Gaudinibgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen2bgcolor=Khaki2 bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki0342
6Giuseppe Delfinobgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen0bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki1 bgcolor=Khaki0 420
7Gustavo Marzibgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=Khaki1 bgcolor=Khaki4 bgcolor=Khaki0 250

World Championships

The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.[3] [4]

Fencer Individual Team Total
1bgcolor=pink align=leftValentina Vezzalibgcolor=PaleGreen6 bgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen4bgcolor=Khaki10 bgcolor=Khaki5 bgcolor=Khaki0 16 7 4
2Edoardo Mangiarottibgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen5 bgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=Khaki11 bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki31385
3bgcolor=pink align=leftGiovanna Trillinibgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen4bgcolor=Khaki7 bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki1 9 5 5
4Salvatore Sanzobgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=Khaki2 bgcolor=Khaki1 bgcolor=Khaki2413
5Aldo Montano, Sr.bgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki1 bgcolor=Khaki0510
6Mario Aldo Montanobgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=Khaki0 bgcolor=Khaki1 bgcolor=Khaki4214
7Manlio Di Rosabgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=Khaki5 bgcolor=Khaki3 bgcolor=Khaki0641
8Renzo Nostinibgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=Khaki6 bgcolor=Khaki6 bgcolor=Khaki1 771
9Carlo Pavesibgcolor=PaleGreen0 bgcolor=PaleGreen2 bgcolor=PaleGreen1 bgcolor=Khaki6 bgcolor=Khaki1 bgcolor=Khaki0631

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Italy Fencing . sports-reference.com . 28 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310131250/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/FEN/ . 10 March 2012 .
  2. Web site: Fencing Athlete Medal Leaders . sports-reference.com . 28 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407221032/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/FEN/ . 7 April 2016 .
  3. Web site: Les escrimeurs multimédaillés aux Championnats du Monde. fr. sportquick.com. 28 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Intervista a Valentina Vezzali – "Mi sono risollevata da sola. it. cataniaescrime2011.com. 28 April 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120906171202/http://www.it.cataniaescrime2011.com/Rassegna%20stampa/12.10.2011rassegna1.pdfl. 6 September 2012.