Daniele Garozzo ([daˈnjɛːle ɡaˈrɔttso]; born 4 August 1992) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer.[2]

Daniele Garozzo
Personal information
Born (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 32)
Acireale, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryItaly
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubGS Fiamme Gialle[1]
Head coachFabio Galli
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Leipzig Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tbilisi Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Montreux Individual
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toruń Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Düsseldorf Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team

Garozzo is a 2022 team European champion, two-time individual European champion, and four-time team world champion.

A two-time Olympian, Garozzo is a 2021 individual Olympic silver medalist and 2016 individual Olympic champion.

He is the younger brother of Italian épée fencer Enrico Garozzo.[3]

Career

edit

Garozzo won the 2008 Cadet World Championships at home in Acireale, then took a silver medal in the 2011 and 2012 Junior World Championships. In the 2013 Summer Universiade he was defeated in the semifinals by Russia's Aleksey Cheremisinov and came away with a bronze medal. In the 2014–15 season he climbed his first World Cup podium with a silver medal in the Challenge International de Paris.[4] He earned a silver medal at the 2015 European Championships after being defeated in the final by teammate Andrea Cassarà.

Ranked number 11 in the world, Garozzo was the surprise winner of the gold medal in the Men's Individual Foil at the 2016 Summer Olympics, beating the American world number 1 Alexander Massialas in the final; his victory raised his world ranking to number 2.[5][6] In the same event at the next Olympics in 2021, he was defeated by Cheung Ka Long from Hong Kong with a score of 15-11, claiming his first Olympic silver medal.[7]

In June 2022, Garozzo won the gold medal in the men's foil event at the 2022 European Fencing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[8][9]

Medal Record

edit

Olympic Games

edit
Year Location Event Position
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 1st[10]
2021   Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 2nd[11]

World Championship

edit
Year Location Event Position
2015   Moscow, Russia Team Men's Foil 1st[12]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Individual Men's Foil 3rd[13]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 1st[14]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 1st[15]
2019   Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 3rd[16]
2022   Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 1st[17]

European Championship

edit
Year Location Event Position
2015   Montreux, Switzerland Individual Men's Foil 2nd[18]
2016   Toruń, Poland Team Men's Foil 2nd[19]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Men's Foil 1st[20]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Foil 3rd[21]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[22]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Foil 2nd[23]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[24]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Foil 3rd[25]
2022   Antalya, Turkey Individual Men's Foil 1st[26]
2022   Antalya, Turkey Team Men's Foil 1st[27]

Grand Prix

edit
Date Location Event Position
2015-03-13   Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[28]
2017-03-17   Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil 3rd[29]

World Cup

edit
Date Location Event Position
2015-01-16   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[30]
2015-05-01   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 3rd[31]
2016-02-05   Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 3rd[32]
2017-05-05   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 1st[33]
2018-01-19   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[34]
2019-01-25   Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[35]
2019-03-01   Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 1st[36]
2019-12-13   Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[37]
2020-01-10   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[38]
2022-04-29   Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Men's Foil 2nd[39]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Que bom, Rio! - Fiamme Gialle" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. 1 September 2016. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2020. Premiati gli Olimpici: Campriani, Garozzo, Cagnotto, Lodo, Vicino e Montrone
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ Gabriele Lippi (14 July 2013). "Scherma, buone notizie da Kazan: l'Italia studia e tira" (in Italian). OlimpiAzzura.it. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Daniele Garozzo 2° nel fioretto per la prima volta in Coppa" (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 17 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Alexander Massialas makes family 'proud'". NBC Olympics. NBC. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Fencer - Daniele Garozzo - Italy". FIE.org. FIE (International Fencing Federation). Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. ^ Shum, Michael; Chow, Carine (27 July 2021). "FENCE-TASTIC! Cheung Ka-long wins gold for HK". The Standard. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ Lloyd, Owen (18 June 2022). "Kharkova and Garozzo prevail in European Fencing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Results European Championships 2022". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  10. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  11. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  12. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  14. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  15. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  16. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  17. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  18. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  19. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  20. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  21. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  22. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  23. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  24. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  25. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  26. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  27. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  28. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  29. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  30. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  31. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  32. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  33. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  34. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  35. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  36. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  37. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  38. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  39. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
edit