Giorgio Avola (born 8 May 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer.
A three-time Olympian, Avola competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, being crowned Olympic team champion in 2012. He is also a three-time team European champion, 2011 individual European champion, and four-time team world champion.
Medal record
Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2012 London, United KingdomTeam Men's Foil1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2011 Catania, ItalyIndividual Men's Foil3rd2011 Catania, ItalyTeam Men's Foil3rd2013 Budapest, HungaryTeam Men's Foil1st2014 Kazan, RussiaTeam Men's Foil3rd2015 Moscow, RussiaTeam Men's Foil1st2017 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Men's Foil1st2018 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Men's Foil1st
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2010 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Men's Foil1st2011 Sheffield, United KingdomIndividual Men's Foil1st2011 Sheffield, United KingdomTeam Men's Foil1st2012 Legnano, ItalyTeam Men's Foil1st2014 Strasbourg, FranceTeam Men's Foil2nd2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Men's Foil2nd2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Men's Foil3rd2018 Novi Sad, SerbiaTeam Men's Foil2nd2019 Düsseldorf, GermanyTeam Men's Foil3rd2022 Antalya, TurkeyIndividual Men's Foil3rd
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition01-06-2012 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Men's Foil2nd17-03-2017 Long Beach, CaliforniaIndividual Men's Foil3rd
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition27-02-2010 Bonn, GermanyIndividual Men's Foil2nd03-06-2010 Havana, CubaIndividual Men's Foil3rd28-01-2011 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil2nd18-05-2012 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Men's Foil2nd29-06-2012 Havana, CubaIndividual Men's Foil2nd25-01-2013 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil3rd22-03-2013 Bonn, GermanyIndividual Men's Foil3rd24-05-2013 Havana, CubaIndividual Men's Foil2nd11-11-2016 Tokyo, JapanIndividual Men's Foil2nd20-01-2017 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil3rd19-01-2018 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil3rd11-01-2019 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Foil3rd01-03-2019 Cairo, EgyptIndividual Men's Foil3rd16-04-2022 Belgrade, SerbiaIndividual Men's Foil2nd
References
External links
Giorgio Avola at the Federazione Italiana Scherma