ALESSIO FOCONI
Date of Birth: 22/11/1989
Place of Birth: Roma
Weight x Height: 80 x 1,81
Speciality: Team Foil
First Club: Circolo Scherma Terni
Club: C.S. Aeronautica Militare
First Coach: Giulio Tomassini
Coach: Stefano Cerioni
Hobby: Cinema
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Appearances:
2 (Tokyo 2020, Parigi 2024)
Biography
He watched the Rio Olympics from the sofa at home, with his disappointment offset by the joy of victory for his friend Daniele Garozzo, his roommate during training camps with the national team. A success that also marked a turning point for his career. Fed up with watching his teammates celebrate, he turned his anger into energy. In 2018, at the age of 28, he put the individual and team gold medals around his neck and finished the season at the top of the world rankings, a position he confirmed the following year thanks to his individual and two subsequent European triumphs. The first time with the foil in his hand was at the age of six when, following in his older brother's footsteps, he began attending the Circolo Scherma Terni, a gym in which he has also coached young people learning about the discipline. His battle cry of Daje (Roman dialect for “come on”) is also engraved on his blades. Passionate about cinema, he dreams of a future as a director, but in Paris, his second Olympics, he wants to write an Oscar-worthy script.
Palmares
Olympic Games
9° Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - Individuale
5° Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - Squadra
2° Parigi (FRA) 2024 - Squadra
World Championships
7° Lipsia (GER) 2017 - Individuale
1° Lipsia (GER) 2017 - Squadra
1° Wuxi (CHN) 2018 - Individuale
1° Wuxi (CHN) 2018 - Squadra
33° Budapest (HUN) 2019 - Individuale
3° Budapest (HUN) 2019 - Squadra
5° Il Cairo (EGY) 2022 - Individuale
1° Il Cairo (EGY) 2022 - Squadra
18° Milano (ITA) 2023 - Individuale
European Championships
10° Tbilisi (GEO) 2017 - Individuale
3° Tbilisi (GEO) 2017 - Squadra
10° Novi Sad (SRB) 2018 – Individuale
2° Novi Sad (SRB) 2018 - Squadra
1° Dusseldorf (GER) 2019 - Individuale
3° Dusseldorf (GER) 2019 - Squadra
8° Antalya (TUR) 2022 - Individuale
1° Antalya (TUR) 2022 - Squadra
7° Plovdiv (BUL) 2023 - Individuale
2° Basilea (SUI) 2024 - Individuale
3° Basilea (SUI) 2024 - Squadra
World Cup
77° 2007-2008
163° 2008-2009
105° 2009-2010
25° 2010-2011
24° 2011-2012
56° 2012-2013
63° 2013-2014
27° 2014-2015
31° 2015-2016
4° 2016-2017
1° 2017-2018
1° 2018-2019
1° 2019-2020
1° 2020-2021
3° 2021-2022
8° 2022-2023
Other Games
Giochi Europei - European Games
1° Baku (AZE) 2015 - Individuale
2° Baku (AZE) 2015 - Squadra
1° Cracovia (POL) 2023 - Squadra