Giorgio Avola

Giorgio Avola
Personal information
Born	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 32) Modica, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	right-handed
National coach	Andrea Cipressa
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle[1]
Personal coach	Eugenio Migliore
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championships 2013 Budapest Team 2015 Moscow Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2018 Wuxi Team 2011 Catania Individual 2014 Kazan Team 2019 Budapest Team European Championships 2010 Leipzig Team 2011 Sheffield Individual 2011 Sheffield Team 2012 Legnano Team 2014 Strasbourg Team 2016 Toruń Team 2018 Novi Sad Team 2016 Toruń Individual 2017 Tbilisi Individual 2017 Tbilisi Team 2018 Novi Sad Individual 2019 Düsseldorf Team

Giorgio Avola (born 8 May 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer, three-time team European champion, 2011 individual European champion, four-time team world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2012 team Olympic champion.^[2]

Medal Record[]

Olympic Games[]

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

World Championship[]

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[]

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]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
06/01/2012	St. Petersburg, Russia	Individual Men's Foil	2nd[20]
03/17/2017	Long Beach, California	Individual Men's Foil	3rd[21]

World Cup[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Giorgio Avola at FIE
• Giorgio Avola at European Fencing Confederation
• Giorgio Avola at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Giorgio Avola at Olympedia
• Giorgio Avola at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Media related to Giorgio Avola at Wikimedia Commons

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