Aldo Montano (fencer born 1978)

Aldo Montano
Personal information
Born (1978-11-18) 18 November 1978 (age 45)
Livorno, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachGiovanni Sirovich
ClubG.S. Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Head coachAndrea Terenzio
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team sabre
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Catania Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lisbon Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2005 Leipzig Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2007 St Petersburg Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 2009 Antalya Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Havana Individual sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2007 St Petersburg Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Catania Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zalaegerszeg Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2009 Plovdiv Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2013 Zagreb Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2002 Moskov Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2003 Bourges Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2015 Montreaux Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team sabre
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Individual sabre

Aldo Montano III (born 18 November 1978) is an Italian fencer and a five-time Olympic medalist.

He received a gold medal in sabre individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2][3][4] On 11 October 2011, he won the gold medal at the World Championships in Catania, Italy. He won a silver medal in Men's team sabre at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

  1. ^ "Fiamme Azzurre Story" (in Italian). polizia-penitenziaria.it. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Fencing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aldo Montano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Olympic medals, a family tradition - Aldo Montano - Athens 2004". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Fencing MONTANO Aldo - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.