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

Giorgio Avola
Personal information
Born (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35)
Modica, Sicily, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle[1]
Personal coachEugenio Migliore
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Catania Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toruń Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Toruń Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Individual

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

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2012   London, United Kingdom Team Men's Foil 1st[3]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2011   Catania, Italy Individual Men's Foil 3rd[4]
2011   Catania, Italy Team Men's Foil 3rd[5]
2013   Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 1st[6]
2014   Kazan, Russia Team Men's Foil 3rd[7]
2015   Moscow, Russia Team Men's Foil 1st[8]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 1st[9]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 1st[10]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2010   Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 1st[11]
2011   Sheffield, United Kingdom Individual Men's Foil 1st[12]
2011   Sheffield, United Kingdom Team Men's Foil 1st[13]
2012   Legnano, Italy Team Men's Foil 1st[14]
2014   Strasbourg, France Team Men's Foil 2nd[15]
2016   Toruń, Poland Team Men's Foil 2nd[16]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Foil 3rd[17]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Foil 2nd[18]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Foil 3rd[19]
2022   Antalya, Turkey Individual Men's Foil 3rd[20]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2012-06-01   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[21]
2017-03-17   Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil 3rd[22]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2010-02-27   Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[23]
2010-06-03   Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[24]
2011-01-28   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[25]
2012-05-18   Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 2nd[26]
2012-06-29   Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 2nd[27]
2013-01-25   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[28]
2013-03-22   Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 3rd[29]
2013-05-24   Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 2nd[30]
2016-11-11   Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 2nd[31]
2017-01-20   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[32]
2018-01-19   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[33]
2019-01-11   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[34]
2019-03-01   Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[35]
2022-04-16   Belgrade, Serbia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[36]

References

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