Angelo Mazzoni
Angelo Mazzoni medal table |
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Angelo Mazzoni (2015) |
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Italy | ||
Olympic games | ||
bronze | Los Angeles 1984 | Epee team |
gold | Atlanta 1996 | Epee team |
gold | Sydney 2000 | Epee team |
World championships | ||
bronze | Vienna 1983 | Sword |
bronze | Vienna 1983 | Epee team |
silver | Barcelona 1985 | Epee team |
bronze | Sofia 1986 | Epee team |
gold | Denver 1989 | Epee team |
silver | Lyon 1990 | Sword |
gold | Lyon 1990 | Epee team |
gold | Essen 1993 | Epee team |
bronze | Cape Town 1997 | Epee team |
European championships | ||
gold | Foggia 1981 | Sword |
silver | Lisbon 1983 | Sword |
Angelo Mazzoni (born April 3, 1961 in Milan ) is a former Italian epee fencer and today's fencing trainer.
successes
Angelo Mazzoni was world champion with the team in Denver in 1989 , in Lyon in 1990 and in Essen in 1993 . In 1990 he also won silver in the singles in Lyon, as he did in the team competition in Barcelona in 1985 . In addition, he secured four bronze medals at world championships. In 1981 Mazzoni became European champion in Foggia and two years later won the silver medal in Lisbon .
He took part in the Olympic Games six times : in 1980 he finished 29th in Moscow , four years later he improved to ninth place in the individual competition in Los Angeles . With the team he reached the semi-finals, in which Italy defeated France 4-9. The Italian team won the battle for third place 8-2 against Canada , so that he received the bronze medal together with Stefano Bellone , Sandro Cuomo , Cosimo Ferro and Roberto Manzi . In Seoul in 1988 he just missed another medal win with the team in fourth place, while he finished 25th in the individual. In 1992 he finished the Olympic Games in Barcelona in sixth place in the individual and fifth in the team competition. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he was eleventh in the singles, whereas he reached the final with the team, which Italy won 45:43 against Russia . Besides Mazzoni Sandro Cuomo and were Maurizio Randazzo thus Olympic champion . Mazzoni was able to repeat this success at the following games in Sydney in 2000 , when he won gold again with Paolo Milanoli , Maurizio Randazzo and Alfredo Rota . The Italians won the final game against France with 39:38. In the individual competition, Mazzoni achieved 23rd place.
After his career as an active fencer, Mazzoni began to work as a fencing trainer. From 2008 to 2014 he was in charge of the Swiss national teams for men and women. After a short break in 2014, he joined the Russian Fencing Association.
In 2000 Mazzoni was named Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic .
Web links
- Angelo Mazzoni - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
- Angelo Mazzoni in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mazzoni, Angelo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sword fencer and fencing trainer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan , Italy |