Christian Barozzi
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Christian Barozzi (born 1 June 1972) is a former Swiss foil fencer.
Career
He started fencing at the age of seven. His clubs are Lugano Scherma{{Cite web |title=ophardt.online |url=https://fencing.ophardt.online/sv/biography/referee/barozzi-christian/embed |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=fencing.ophardt.online}} and Racing Club de France - Escrime .
Barozzi participated at the 1987 Cadet World Championships in Tel Aviv, at 1989 Junior World Championships in Athens, at 1990 Junior World Championships in Mödling and at the 1991 Junior World Championships in Istanbul. Barozzi won four Swiss individual foil titles: 1987 (U17), 1988 (U17), 1990 (U20), and 1991 (U20). In addition, he claimed two Swiss team titles with the Lugano club in the elite category, in 1990 and 1991.
In 2008, he founded the Lugano Scherma club with three other friends and became its vice president and sports manager for 16 years. In 2016, Barozzi, along with Roberto Bianchini and Isabella Tarchini, became a promoter of the Vales Association, a project dedicated to women who have undergone breast cancer treatment.{{Cite web |title=Lugano Scherma {{!}} Info associazioni |url=https://infoassociazioni.ch/it/associazioni/lugano-scherma |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=infoassociazioni.ch}} In 2020, he launched the project for Paralympic athletes at Lugano Scherma in coordination with Swiss Paralympic and Davide Bogiani.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-23 |title=Disabili alle prese con la scherma |url=https://www.tio.ch/ticino/attualita/1469982/scherma-lugano-disabili-elvetico-istituto |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Ticinonline |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=SemiColonWeb |title=In carrozzella a colpi di spada |url=https://www.azione.ch/societa/dettaglio?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=11748&cHash=15eedee18286d12b77b70e31ed46b8be |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=www.azione.ch |language=en-US}}
In 2021, he was elected vice president of Swiss Fencing with responsibility for communication and marketing.{{Cite web |title=Christian Barozzi – Swiss Fencing |url=https://swiss-fencing.ch/de/6606ecd12476fb97f96ddb65dfa53d58/christian-barozzi/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |last=Sommerhalder |first=Rainer |date=2021-05-09 |title=Wahl im Fechtverband - Im Fechten bricht ein neues Zeitalter an: Zwei "Rebellen", drei Frauen, alle Sprachregionen im Vorstand und eine Legende abgewählt |url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/sport/fechtverband-stellt-sich-neu-auf-und-zieht-an-einem-strick-ld.2135073 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Aargauer Zeitung |language=de}} In 2023, he was appointed the general director of Swiss Fencing.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title="Con il nuovo polo sportivo avremo un centro nazionale" |url=https://www.cdt.ch/sport/con-il-nuovo-polo-sportivo-avremo-un-centro-nazionale-320065 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Corriere del Ticino |language=it-IT}}
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