Ezio Gamba

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Ezio Gamba
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1958-12-02) 2 December 1958 (age 63)
Brescia, Italy
Sport
Country Italy
SportJudo
ClubC.S. Carabinieri
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Lightweight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1979 Paris Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1983 Moscow Lightweight
European Judo Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Rostock Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1977 Berlin Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1979 Brussels Lightweight
Silver medal – second place Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place Lightweight

Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). He claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (– 71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.

Biography[]

Four years later in Los Angeles, California Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's Ahn Byeong-Keun in the final.

He is the current trainer of the Russian National Judo team.[1] In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.[2]

In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[3]

International medals[]

Gold
  • 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany
  • 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
  • 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland*
Silver
  • 88 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France, defeating G. Gevechanov from Bulgaria
  • 84 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • 83 World Championships (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
  • 83 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
  • 79 World Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
  • 79 European Championships (71 kg) - Brussels, Belgium
  • 78 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Miskolc, Hungary
  • 77 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Berlin, Germany
  • 76 Jr. World Championships (78 kg) - Madrid, Spain
Bronze
  • 86 European Championships (71 kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia

References[]

  1. ^ Главным тренером мужской сборной России по дзюдо стал итальянец
  2. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 июня 2013 года № 525 «О награждении орденом Дружбы иностранных граждан» Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Путин вручил главному тренеру сборной России по дзюдо Гамбе паспорт РФ". РИА Новости.

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