Luigi Samele (fencer)

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Luigi Samele
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Personal information
Born (1987-07-25) 25 July 1987 (age 36)
Foggia, Italy
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
Sport Fencing
Weapon Sabre
Handleft-handed
Club Fiamme Gialle [1]
FIE  ranking current ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Paris Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Leipzig Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Budapest Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cairo Team
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Leipzig Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Zagreb Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Torun Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Tbilisi Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 KrakówTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Düsseldorf Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Chicago Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Cancun Individual

Luigi "Gigi" Samele (born 25 July 1987) is an Italian left-handed sabre fencer, three-time team European champion, two-time Olympian, and three-time Olympic medalist. [2]

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He is dating Ukrainian four-time world champion sabre fencer Olha Kharlan, and they live in Bologna, Italy. [3] [4]

Medal record

Olympic Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom Team Men's Sabre3rd [5]
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Sabre2nd [6]
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre2nd [7]

World Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2010 Flag of France.svg Paris, France Team Men's Sabre2nd [8]
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre3rd [9]
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre2nd [10]
2019 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre3rd [11]

European Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre1st [12]
2013 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, Croatia Team Men's Sabre1st [13]
2014 Flag of France.svg Strasbourg, France Team Men's Sabre1st [14]
2016 Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland Team Men's Sabre2nd [15]
2017 Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Sabre2nd [16]
2018 Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Sabre2nd [17]
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Sabre3rd [18]

Grand Prix

DateLocationEventPosition
2010-02-12 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre3rd [19]
2013-01-19 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Men's Sabre3rd [20]
2014-03-08 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre3rd [21]
2014-05-17 Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre3rd [22]
2016-12-16 Flag of Mexico.svg Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Sabre1st [23]
2020-01-10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Sabre3rd [24]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2009-01-31 Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre3rd [25]
2009-06-19 Flag of the United States.svg Dallas, Texas Individual Men's Sabre3rd [26]
2010-06-13 Flag of Venezuela.svg Margarita Island, Venezuela Individual Men's Sabre2nd [27]
2013-05-03 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre3rd [28]
2014-02-14 Flag of Italy.svg Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre3rd [29]
2014-05-02 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre1st [30]
2018-11-16 Flag of Algeria.svg Algier, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre2nd [31]
2019-11-15 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre2nd [32]

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