Aldo Montano (fencer, 1978)

Aldo Montano 2008

Aldo Montano (born November 18, 1978 in Livorno ) is an Italian saber fencer . Montano was Olympic champion in the individual competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . With the Italian saber team he won the silver medal. In 2011 he won the world title in the individual competition.

He comes from a large fencing family, with one exception all saber fencers. His grandfather was Aldo Montano (silver medal Olympics 1936 and 1948 , world champion 1938 ), his father is Mario Aldo Montano ( Olympic champion 1972 and silver medal 1976 and 1980 , world champion 1973 and 1974 ). His uncles were Mario Tullio Montano ( Olympic champion 1972 and silver medal 1976 ), respectively Carlo Montano (silver medal Olympia 1976 in foil) and Tommaso Montano (silver medal Olympia 1976 ).

successes

• Olympic games
  • Athens 2004 : gold in individual, silver in team competition
  • Beijing 2008 : bronze with the team, tenth place in the individual competition
  • London 2012 : bronze with the team, eleventh place in the individual competition

• Junior World Championships:
  • 1997 : bronze in individual, bronze in team competition

• World championships
  • Lisbon 2002 : Silver in the team competition
  • Havana 2003 : Bronze in the individual competition
  • Leipzig 2005 : Silver in the team competition
  • St. Petersburg 2007 : silver in the individual, bronze in the team competition
  • Antalya 2009 : Silver in the team competition
  • Paris 2010 : Silver in the team competition
  • Catania 2011 : gold in the individual, bronze in the team competition

• European championships
  • Moscow 2002 : Silver in the team competition
  • Bourges 2003 : Silver in the team competition
  • Zalaegerszeg 2005 : Gold in the individual competition
  • Plovdiv 2009 : Gold in the team competition
  • Leipzig 2010 : Gold in the team competition
  • Sheffield 2011 : Gold in the team competition
  • Zagreb 2013 : Gold in the team competition
  • Düsseldorf 2019 : Bronze in the team competition

Web links

Commons : Aldo Montano  - Collection of Images

• Aldo Montano - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
• Montano Aldo - Biography in the database of the European Fencing Confederation (English)
• Aldo Montano in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )