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Born | Foggia, Italy | 25 July 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fiamme Gialle [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luigi "Gigi" Samele (born 25 July 1987) is an Italian left-handed sabre fencer, three-time team European champion, two-time Olympian, and four-time Olympic medalist. [2]
He is dating Ukrainian four-time world champion sabre fencer Olha Kharlan, and they live in Bologna, Italy. [3] [4]
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2012 | London, United Kingdom | Team Men's Sabre | 3rd [5] |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Sabre | 2nd [6] |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Team Men's Sabre | 2nd [7] |
2024 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [8] |
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2010 | Paris, France | Team Men's Sabre | 2nd [9] |
2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Men's Sabre | 3rd [10] |
2018 | Wuxi, China | Team Men's Sabre | 2nd [11] |
2019 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Sabre | 3rd [12] |
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2010 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Men's Sabre | 1st [13] |
2013 | Zagreb, Croatia | Team Men's Sabre | 1st [14] |
2014 | Strasbourg, France | Team Men's Sabre | 1st [15] |
2016 | Toruń, Poland | Team Men's Sabre | 2nd [16] |
2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Team Men's Sabre | 2nd [17] |
2018 | Novi Sad, Serbia | Team Men's Sabre | 2nd [18] |
2019 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Team Men's Sabre | 3rd [19] |
Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2010-02-12 | Moscow, Russia | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [20] |
2013-01-19 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [21] |
2014-03-08 | Budapest, Hungary | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [22] |
2014-05-17 | Warsaw, Poland | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [23] |
2016-12-16 | Cancún, Mexico | Individual Men's Sabre | 1st [24] |
2020-01-10 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [25] |
Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2009-01-31 | Athens, Greece | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [26] |
2009-06-19 | Dallas, Texas | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [27] |
2010-06-13 | Margarita Island, Venezuela | Individual Men's Sabre | 2nd [28] |
2013-05-03 | Chicago, Illinois | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [29] |
2014-02-14 | Padua, Italy | Individual Men's Sabre | 3rd [30] |
2014-05-02 | Chicago, Illinois | Individual Men's Sabre | 1st [31] |
2018-11-16 | Algier, Algeria | Individual Men's Sabre | 2nd [32] |
2019-11-15 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual Men's Sabre | 2nd [33] |
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