Angelo Mazzoni
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| Born | 3 April 1961 Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weapon | Épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CS Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Angelo Mazzoni (born 3 April 1961, in Milan) is an Italian épée fencer who competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1980 and 2000, winning gold medals in 1996 and 2000.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Fencing career
[edit]Mazzoni was the eighth fencer, and the first Italian fencer, to compete at six Olympics. He was the third Italian, after Piero and Raimondo D'Inzeo, to compete at six Olympics.
At the World Championships, Mazzoni placed third in 1983 and second in 1990.[3] At the European Championships, he came in first in 1981 and third in 1983.[4]
Mazzoni competed in the Individual épée event at the Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal in 1983 and a bronze medal in 1991.[5]
He was coached by Italian coach Gianni Muzio.
Coaching career
[edit]In February 2008, Mazzoni and Muzio were hired by the Fencing Federation of Switzerland to be in charge of coaching the Switzerland men's and women's teams for the 2012 London Olympics.[6] In April 2014, Mazzoni decided to leave Switzerland, and expressed a desire to return to Italy mainly for family reasons.[7]
After the 2014 World Fencing Championships, the Russian Fencing Federation announced Mazzoni as the new coach of the Russian senior men's épée team.[8]
Since 2022 he has been coaching the Israeli fencing team, including epee fencer, Yuval Freilich.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angelo Mazzoni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Angelo Mazzoni". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Fencing: World Championships: Men: Epee". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Fencing: European Championships: Men: Epee". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Olympedia – Angelo Mazzoni". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Engagement de nouveaux entraîneurs nationaux". Swiss-fencing.ch. Fédération Suisse d'Escrime. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- ^ "L'entraîneur national, Angelo Mazzoni, quitte la Suisse". Swiss-fencing.ch. Fédération Suisse d'Escrime. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
- ^ Ильгар Мамедов: итальянец Маццони назначен старшим тренером мужской команды шпажистов, корректировки возможны в тренерском штабе команды саблистов. allsportinfo.ru (in Russian). 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Victory, Change, and Paris 2024 with Grand Prix Champion Yuval Freilich". Academy of Fencing Masters. 12 February 2024.
- ^ "The International Fencing Federation official website". The International Fencing Federation.
- ^ "FREILICH YUVAL SHALOM"
External links
[edit]- Angelo Mazzoni at the International Fencing Federation
- Angelo Mazzoni at the European Fencing Confederation
- Angelo Mazzoni at Olympics.com
- Angelo Mazzoni at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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