Luigi Samele (fencer)

{{Infobox fencer

| name = Luigi Samele

| image = Dolniceanu v Samele 2013 Fencing WCH SMS-IN t160217.jpg

| caption = Samele in 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Foggia,

Italy

| country = Italy

| weapon = Sabre

| hand = left-handed

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = 73 kg

| natlcoach =

| club = Fiamme Gialle{{cite web|url=http://www.fiammegialle.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=440&Itemid=438|title=Fencing statistiche Olimpiadi|publisher=fiammegialle.org|language=italian|accessdate=17 May 2020}}

| headcoach =

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/9746 current ranking]

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}

File:Olympic rings.svg

}}

Luigi "Gigi" Samele (born 25 July 1987) is an Italian left-handed sabre fencer, three-time team European champion, two-time Olympian, and four-time Olympic medalist.{{Cite web|title= International Fencing Federation official |url=http://fie.org/athletes/9746|access-date=2021-08-05|website= The International Fencing Federation official website}}

He is dating Ukrainian four-time world champion sabre fencer Olha Kharlan, and they live in Bologna, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.sky.it/altri-sport/scherma/2022/03/07/guerra-ucraina-russia-luigi-samele-olga-kharlan|title=Samele riabbraccia Olga: Ritorno a casa con la fidanzata ucraina|work=Sky Sport|date=7 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/athletes/9746|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|website=FIE.org}}

Medal record

= Olympic Games =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Year

! style="width:17em" |Location

! style="width:12em" |Event

!Position

rowspan="1" |2012

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} London, United Kingdom

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/252|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2021

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2021/246|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2021

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2021/252|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2024

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, France

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2024/245|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

= World Championship =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Year

! style="width:17em" |Location

! style="width:12em" |Event

!Position

2010

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, France

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2010/252|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2017

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Leipzig, Germany

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2017/252|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2018

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Wuxi, China

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2018/252|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2019

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2019/252|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

= European Championship =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Year

! style="width:17em" |Location

! style="width:12em" |Event

!Position

2010

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Leipzig, Germany

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="gold" |1st{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2010/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2013

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb, Croatia

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="gold" |1st{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2013/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2014

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Strasbourg, France

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="gold" |1st{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2016

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} Toruń, Poland

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2017

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GEO}} Tbilisi, Georgia

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2017/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2018

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SER}} Novi Sad, Serbia

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2018/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

2019

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Düsseldorf, Germany

|Team Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2019/749|access-date=2021-08-05|website=FIE.org}}

= Grand Prix =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Date

! style="width:17em" |Location

! style="width:12em" |Event

!Position

2010-02-12

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2010/156|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2013-01-19

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv, Bulgaria

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2013/162|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2014-03-08

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/158|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2014-05-17

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw, Poland

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/165|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2016-12-16

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|MEX}} Cancún, Mexico

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="gold" |1st{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2017/158|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2020-01-10

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal, Canada

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2020/158|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

= World Cup =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Date

! style="width:17em" |Location

! style="width:12em" |Event

!Position

2009-01-31

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens, Greece

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2009/160|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2009-06-19

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Dallas, Texas

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2009/474|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2010-06-13

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|VEN}} Margarita Island, Venezuela

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2010/476|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2013-05-03

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago, Illinois

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2013/474|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2014-02-14

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Padua, Italy

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor=CC9966 |3rd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/163|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2014-05-02

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago, Illinois

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="gold" |1st{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/474|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

rowspan="1" |2018-11-16

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ALG}} Algier, Algeria

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2019/164|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}

2019-11-15

| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo, Egypt

|Individual Men's Sabre

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2020/164|access-date=2021-08-06|website=FIE.org}}