Giorgio Avola

Giorgio Avola
Personal information
Born (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35)
Modica, Sicily, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle[1]
Personal coachEugenio Migliore
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Catania Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toruń Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Toruń Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Individual

Giorgio Avola (born 8 May 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer.[2]

Avola is a three-time team European champion, 2011 individual European champion, and four-time team world champion.

A three-time Olympian, Avola is a 2012 team Olympic champion.

Avola competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

  1. ^ "Fencing statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 22 May 2021.