Luigi Samele (fencer)

Luigi Samele
Personal information
Born	(1987-07-25) 25 July 1987 (age 34) Foggia, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	left-handed
Club	Fiamme Gialle[1]
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual 2020 Tokyo Team 2012 London Team World Championships 2010 Paris Team 2018 Wuxi Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2019 Budapest Team European Championships 2010 Leipzig Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2014 Strasbourg Team 2016 Torun Team 2017 Tbilisi Team 2018 Novi Sad Team 2019 Düsseldorf Team World Cup 2014 Chicago Individual 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]

He is dating Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan.

Medal Record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2012	London, United Kingdom	Team Men's Sabre	3rd[3]
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[4]
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[5]

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2010	Paris, France	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[6]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Men's Sabre	3rd[7]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[8]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Men's Sabre	3rd[9]

European Championship[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2010	Leipzig, Germany	Team Men's Sabre	1st[10]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Men's Sabre	1st[11]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Men's Sabre	1st[12]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[13]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[14]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[15]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Men's Sabre	3rd[16]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
02/12/2010	Moscow, Russia	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[17]
01/19/2013	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[18]
03/08/2014	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[19]
05/17/2014	Warsaw, Poland	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[20]
12/16/2016	Cancún, Mexico	Individual Men's Sabre	1st[21]
01/10/2020	Montreal, Canada	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[22]

World Cup[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
01/31/2009	Athens, Greece	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[23]
06/19/2009	Dallas, Texas	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[24]
06/13/2010	Margarita Island, Venezuela	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[25]
05/03/2013	Chicago, Illinois	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[26]
02/14/2014	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[27]
05/02/2014	Chicago, Illinois	Individual Men's Sabre	1st[28]
11/16/2018	Algier, Algeria	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[29]
11/15/2019	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[30]

References[]

External links[]

• Luigi Samele at FIE
• Luigi Samele at European Fencing Confederation
• Luigi Samele at Olympics.com
• Luigi Samele at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Luigi Samele at Olympedia

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