Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow Olympic Games due to the boycott.
Biography In 1984 at 22 he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics winning gold in the individual and team foil events. In the final for the Individual Title Numa won over Matthias Behr. Less than 1 minute before the end Behr was 4 points up but Numa caught his opponent and eventually won in the tie break with the final score of 12-11.
He competed in the individual foil event at the Mediterranean Games in 1983 where he won a bronze medal and in 1991 where he won a gold medal.
In the following years Numa confirmed to be one of the strongest in Foil Individual winning medals in Clermont-Ferrand 1982, in Barcelona 1985, in Sofia 1986, in Denver 1989 World Championships.
Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event1979World Championships Melbourne 2nd Foil team1981World Championships Clermont-Ferrand 2nd Foil team1982World Championships Rome 2nd Foil individual3rd Foil TeamEuropean Championships Mödling 1st Foil individual1983Mediterranean Games Casablanca 3rd Foil individual1984Olympic Games Los Angeles 1st Foil individual1st Foil Team1985World Championships Barcelona 1st Foil individual1st Foil Team1986World Championships Sofia 3rd Foil individual1st Foil Team1989World Championships Denver 3rd Foil individual1990World Championships Lyon 1st Foil team1991Mediterranean Games Athens 1st Foil individual
Fencing World Cup Foil (1982, 1983, 1985)
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