Paolo Pizzo
{{Short description|Italian fencer (born 1983)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Catania, Italy
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| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
| sport = Fencing
| event = Épée
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| club = C.S. Aeronautica Militare
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{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team épée}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Catania|Épée}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Leipzig|Épée}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Strasbourg|Épée}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Toruń|Team Épée}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Tbilisi|Épée}}
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Paolo Pizzo (born 4 April 1983) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, two-time individual world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic silver medalist.{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/athletes/4633|access-date=2021-03-30|website=FIE.org}}
Biography
In 1996, when Paolo Pizzo was 13, he was diagnosed with head cancer that forced him to abandon the sport, then came slow rehabilitation until his first victory came in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://blog.panorama.it/sport/2011/10/13/mondiali-di-scherma-la-favola-di-paolo-pizzo-dal-tumore-alla-medaglia-doro/|title=Mondiali di scherma: la favola di Paolo Pizzo, dal tumore alla medaglia d'oro|language=italian|publisher=panorama.it|date=4 May 2012|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412085847/http://blog.panorama.it/sport/2011/10/13/mondiali-di-scherma-la-favola-di-paolo-pizzo-dal-tumore-alla-medaglia-doro/|archive-date=12 April 2012|url-status=dead}}
Pizzo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal in the team men's épée event.{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/242?tab=results|access-date=2021-03-30|website=FIE.org}}{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/242?tab=results|access-date=2021-03-30|website=FIE.org}}
Pizzo won a gold medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy, and a gold medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2017 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany.
Pizzo won a silver medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France; a silver medal in the team men's épée event at the 2016 European Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland; and a silver medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2017 European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Between 2009 and 2017, Pizzo won one silver medal and three bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée Grands Prix.
Between 2009 and 2015, Pizzo won two silver medals and five bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée World Cups.
He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.{{cite web |title=PIZZO Paolo |url=https://fie.org/athletes/4633 |website=FIE.org |access-date=24 April 2023}}
Medal Record
= Olympic Games =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| rowspan="1" |2016
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team Men's Épée | bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/248?tab=results|access-date=2021-04-06|website=FIE.org}} |
= World Championship =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| rowspan="1" |2011
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Catania, Italy | Individual Men's Épée |
| rowspan="1" |2017
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Leipzig, Germany | Individual Men's Épée |
= European Championship =
= Grand Prix =
= World Cups =
References
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External links
- {{EFC}}
- {{FIE}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|paolo-pizzo}}
- {{CONI|new_id=1245|old_id=1105}}
{{World Champions in Men's Épée}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Catania
Category:Italian male épée fencers
Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for Italy
Category:Fencers of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Category:Fencers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games