Giorgio Avola

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Giorgio Avola
Giorgio Avola teams 2014 CIP t132130.jpg
Personal information
Born (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 34)
Modica, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
Sport Fencing
Weapon Foil
Handright-handed
National coach Andrea Cipressa
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle [1]
Personal coachEugenio Migliore
FIE  ranking current ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Budapest Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Moscow Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Leipzig Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Catania Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Budapest Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Leipzig Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Sheffield Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Sheffield Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Toruń Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Toruń Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Tbilisi Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Novi Sad Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Düsseldorf Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Antalya Individual

Giorgio Avola (born 8 May 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer. [2]

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Avola is a three-time team European champion, 2011 individual European champion, and four-time team world champion.

A three-time Olympian, Avola is a 2012 team Olympic champion.

Avola competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Medal record

Olympic Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom Team Men's Foil1st [3]

World Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Catania, Italy Individual Men's Foil3rd [4]
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Catania, Italy Team Men's Foil3rd [5]
2013 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil1st [6]
2014 Flag of Russia.svg Kazan, Russia Team Men's Foil3rd [7]
2015 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia Team Men's Foil1st [8]
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil1st [9]
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil1st [10]

European Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil1st [11]
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheffield, United Kingdom Individual Men's Foil1st [12]
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheffield, United Kingdom Team Men's Foil1st [13]
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Legnano, Italy Team Men's Foil1st [14]
2014 Flag of France.svg Strasbourg, France Team Men's Foil2nd [15]
2016 Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland Team Men's Foil2nd [16]
2017 Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Foil3rd [17]
2018 Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Foil2nd [18]
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Foil3rd [19]
2022 Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya, Turkey Individual Men's Foil3rd [20]

Grand Prix

DateLocationEventPosition
2012-06-01 Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil2nd [21]
2017-03-17 Flag of the United States.svg Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil3rd [22]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2010-02-27 Flag of Germany.svg Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil2nd [23]
2010-06-03 Flag of Cuba.svg Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil3rd [24]
2011-01-28 Flag of France.svg Paris, France Individual Men's Foil2nd [25]
2012-05-18 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil2nd [26]
2012-06-29 Flag of Cuba.svg Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil2nd [27]
2013-01-25 Flag of France.svg Paris, France Individual Men's Foil3rd [28]
2013-03-22 Flag of Germany.svg Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil3rd [29]
2013-05-24 Flag of Cuba.svg Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil2nd [30]
2016-11-11 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil2nd [31]
2017-01-20 Flag of France.svg Paris, France Individual Men's Foil3rd [32]
2018-01-19 Flag of France.svg Paris, France Individual Men's Foil3rd [33]
2019-01-11 Flag of France.svg Paris, France Individual Men's Foil3rd [34]
2019-03-01 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil3rd [35]
2022-04-16 Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade, Serbia Individual Men's Foil2nd [36]

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