Giovanni Scalzo

Giovanni Scalzo medal table
fencing
Italy
Olympic games
silver	Moscow 1980	Saber crew
gold	Los Angeles 1984	Saber crew
bronze	Seoul 1988	saber
bronze	Seoul 1988	Saber crew
World championships
silver	Rome 1982	Saber crew
bronze	Vienna 1983	Saber crew
silver	Essen 1993	Saber crew
European championships
gold	Lisbon 1983	saber
gold	Lisbon 1983	Saber crew

Giovanni Scalzo (born March 17, 1959 in Messina ) is a former Italian saber fencer .

successes

Giovanni Scalzo won three medals with the team at world championships . In 1982 in Rome and 1993 in Essen he was runner-up with her and third in Vienna in 1983 . In 1983 he was also European champion in the individual and with the team in Lisbon . He took part in four Olympic Games . In 1980 in Moscow he won the silver medal with the team. Four years later he finished seventh in the singles in Los Angeles . With the team he reached the battle for gold unbeaten, in which the Italian team prevailed against France with 9: 3 and thus became Olympic champion . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 he was bronze in both the individual and team competitions. Scalzo's fourth Olympic Games in Barcelona went without a medal : in the individual, he just missed a medal after losing to Jean-François Lamour in the battle for bronze and finishing fourth. He finished eighth with the team.

Web links

• Giovanni Scalzo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )