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LUIGI SAMELE

Date of Birth: 25/07/1987

Place of Birth: Foggia

Weight x Height: 73 x 1,90

Speciality: Team Sabre , Individual Sabre

First Club: Club Scherma Foggia

Club: Fiamme Gialle

First Coach: Vincenzo Acquaviva

Coach: Nicola Zanotti

Other Sports: Football, swimming, basketball

Hobby: Piano

Relationship Status: Single

Olympic Club: Yes

Olympic Appearances:

3 (Londra 2012, Tokyo 2020, Parigi 2024)

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Biography

He began practising fencing almost by chance, thanks to the advice a man gave him while queuing at the barber with his mother and older brother Riccardo. After four years as a pure foil fencer, he decided to combine his original choice of weapon with sabre, which turned out to be a winning choice. Winning the 2004 U18 World Championships in Bulgaria opened up boundless horizons for him. He grew up admiring Aldo Montano, with whom he shared many successes, including the bronze and silver team medals won respectively in London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, editions in which he also secured the second step of the podium in the individual event. The partner of Ukrainian sabre fencer Olga Kharlan, a multiple Olympic medallist like himself, he is a fan of sports across the globe, and his idols are footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and tennis players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Despite being 36, he has not yet had his fill of successes and medals, and on the platforms of Paris 2024 he is looking forward to encountering the most beautiful sensation: the Olympic experience. 

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Palmares

Olympic Games

Londra (GBR) 2012 - Squadra
Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - Individuale
Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - Squadra
Parigi (FRA) 2024 - Individuale
5° Parigi (FRA) 2024 - Squadra

World Championships

39° Torino (ITA) 2006 - Individuale
7° Torino (ITA) 2006 - Squadra
10° Parigi (FRA) 2010 - Individuale
Parigi (FRA) 2010 - Squadra
12° Budapest (HUN) 2013 - Individuale
6° Budapest (HUN) 2013 - Squadra
18° Kazan (RUS) 2014 - Individuale
5° Kazan (RUS) 2014 - Squadra
6° Rio (BRA) 2016 - Squadra
11° Lipsia (GER) 2017 - Individuale
Lipsia (GER) 2017 - Squadra
14° Wuxi (CHN) 2018 - Individuale
Wuxi (CHN) 2018 - Squadra
13° Budapest (HUN) 2019 - Individuale
Budapest (HUN) 2019 - Squadra
6° Il Cairo (EGY) 2022 - Individuale
Il Cairo (EGY) 2022 - Squadra
9° Milano (ITA) 2023 - Individuale
6° Milano (ITA) 2023 - Squadra

European Championships

23° Izmir (TUR) 2006 - Individuale
9° Izmir (TUR) 2006 - Squadra
17° Lipsia (GER) 2010 - Individuale
Lipsia (GER) 2010 - Squadra
8° Legnano (ITA) 2012 - Individuale
4° Legnano (ITA) 2012 - Squadra
9° Zagabria (CRO) 2013 - Individuale
Zagabria (CRO) 2013 - Squadra
13° Strasburgo (FRA) 2014 - Individuale
Strasburgo (FRA) 2014 - Squadra
31° Torun (POL) 2016 - Individuale
Torun (POL) 2016 - Squadra
11° Tbilisi (GEO) 2017 - Individuale
Tbilisi (GEO) 2017 - Squadra
14° Novi Sad (SRB) 2018 - Individuale
Novi Sad (SRB) 2018 - Squadra
22° Dusseldorf (GER) 2019 - Individuale
Dusseldorf (GER) 2019 - Squadra
13° Plovdiv (BUL) 2023 - Individuale
Basilea (SUI) 2024 - Individuale
5° Basilea (SUI) 2024 - Squadra

World Cup

243° 2003-2004
101° 2004-2005
50° 2005-2006
88° 2006-2007
58° 2007-2008
27° 2008-2009
9° 2009-2010
48° 2010-2011
24° 2011-2012
8° 2012-2013
9° 2013-2014
42° 2014-2015
44° 2015-2016
10° 2016-2017
18° 2017-2018
16° 2018-2019
11° 2019-2020
4° 2020-2021
19° 2021-2022
5° 2022-2023

Other Games

Giochi Europei - European Games
2° 
Cracovia (POL) 2023 - Squadra

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