Diego Occhiuzzi
Appearance
Diego Occhiuzzi | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Naples, Italy | 30 April 1981
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Italy |
Weapon | Sabre |
Hand | right-handed |
Club | CS Aeronautica Militare |
Head coach | Leonardo Caserta |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Diego Occhiuzzi at the International Fencing Federation
- Diego Occhiuzzi at Olympedia
- Diego Occhiuzzi at Olympics.com
- Diego Occhiuzzi at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Italian male sabre fencers
- Olympic fencers for Italy
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Fencers from Naples
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian fencing Olympic medalist stubs