Andrea Cipressa

Andrea Cipressa medal table
Andrea Cipressa (2015)
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
gold	Los Angeles 1984	Foil team
World championships
silver	Barcelona 1985	foil
gold	Barcelona 1985	Foil team
gold	Sofia 1986	Foil team
gold	Lyon 1990	Foil team

Andrea Cipressa (born December 14, 1963 in Venice ) is a former Italian foil fencer .

successes

Andrea Cipressa was world champion with the team in 1985 in Barcelona , 1986 in Sofia and 1990 in Lyon . In 1985 he also managed to win the runner-up in the individual world championship. He took part in two Olympic Games : In 1984 he moved in Los Angeles with the team unbeaten in the final, which was won against Germany 8: 7. Together with Andrea Borella , Stefano Cerioni , Mauro Numa and Angelo Scuri , Cipressa, who played in the preliminary rounds against Egypt and the United States, became Olympic champion . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , he finished seventh with the team.

In 1988 he became Italian champion. His daughter Erica Cipressa is also a fencer. After his active career he worked as a functionary, among others for the Italian Fencing Association .

Web links

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• Andrea Cipressa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )