Paolo Pizzo
Personal information | |
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Born | Catania, Italy | 4 April 1983
Sport | |
Country | Italy |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | Épée |
Club | C.S. Aeronautica Militare |
Medal record |
Paolo Pizzo (born 4 April 1983) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, two-time individual world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic silver medalist.[1]
Biography
[edit]In 1996, when Paolo Pizzo was 13, he was diagnosed with head cancer that forced him to abandon the sport, then came slow rehabilitation until his first victory came in 2009.[2]
Pizzo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal in the team men's épée event.[3][4]
Pizzo won a gold medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy, and a gold medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2017 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany.
Pizzo won a silver medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France; a silver medal in the team men's épée event at the 2016 European Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland; and a silver medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2017 European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Between 2009 and 2017, Pizzo won one silver medal and three bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée Grands Prix.
Between 2009 and 2015, Pizzo won two silver medals and five bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée World Cups.
He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[5]
Medal Record
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team Men's Épée | 2nd[6] |
World Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2011 | Catania, Italy | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[7] |
2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Individual Men's Épée | 1st[8] |
European Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2014 | Strasbourg, France | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[9] |
2016 | Toruń, Poland | Team Men's Épée | 2nd[10] |
2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[11] |
Grand Prix
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2009-03-06 | Stockholm, Sweden | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[12] |
2010-01-22 | Doha, Qatar | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[13] |
2010-01-29 | Legnano, Italy | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[14] |
2017-12-08 | Doha, Qatar | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[15] |
World Cups
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2009-02-07 | Lisbon, Portugal | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[16] |
2009-05-29 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[17] |
2011-04-29 | Heidenheim, Germany | Individual Men's Épée | 2nd[18] |
2012-03-02 | Tallinn, Estonia | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[19] |
2012-03-16 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[20] |
2014-11-14 | Tallinn, Estonia | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[21] |
2015-05-01 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Épée | 3rd[22] |
References
[edit]- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "Mondiali di scherma: la favola di Paolo Pizzo, dal tumore alla medaglia d'oro" (in Italian). panorama.it. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "PIZZO Paolo". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
External links
[edit]- Paolo Pizzo at the European Fencing Confederation
- Paolo Pizzo at the International Fencing Federation
- Paolo Pizzo at Olympedia (archive)
- Paolo Pizzo at Olympics.com
- Paolo Pizzo at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Catania
- Italian male épée fencers
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for Italy
- Fencers of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Fencers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen