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Diego Occhiuzzi

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Diego Occhiuzzi
Personal information
Born (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43)
Naples, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
ClubCS Aeronautica Militare
Head coachLeonardo Caserta
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 St Petersburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Catania Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Zagreb Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Team

Diego Occhiuzzi (born 30 April 1981) is an Italian fencer and olympic medal winner in team sabre competition.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's sabre where he lost to Áron Szilágyi in the final round to win the silver medal. He was also part of the Italian men's sabre team that won the bronze medal.

Achievements

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Occhiuzzi has been most successful in team events, having won a bronze Olympic medals in both 2008 and 2012, a bronze, a silver, and another bronze from the 2007, 2010, and 2011 World Fencing Championships, and a gold from both the 2013 and 2014 European Fencing Championships. However, his best result is having placed second in the individual event at the 2012 Olympics. In the finals, he lost to Áron Szilágyi, 15–8.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diego Occhiuzzi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
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