Mauro Numa

Mauro Numa
Personal information
Born (1961-11-18) 18 November 1961
Mestre, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportFencing
Event
Foil
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Los AngelesIndividual foil
Gold medal – first place1984 Los AngelesTeam foil
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 BarcelonaIndividual foil
Gold medal – first place1985 BarcelonaTeam foil
Gold medal – first place1986 SofiaTeam foil
Silver medal – second place1979 MelbourneTeam foil
Silver medal – second place1981 Clermont-FerrandTeam foil
Silver medal – second place1982 RomeIndividual foil
Bronze medal – third place1982 RomeTeam foil
Bronze medal – third place1986 SofiaIndividual foil
Bronze medal – third place1989 DenverIndividual foil
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1982 MödlingIndividual foil
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1991 AthensIndividual foil
Bronze medal – third place1983 CasablancaIndividual foil
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place1981 BucharestTeam foil
Gold medal – first place1983 EdmontonTeam foil
Gold medal – first place1989 DuisburgIndividual foil
Silver medal – second place1983 EdmontonIndividual foil
Bronze medal – third place1985 KobeTeam foil
Bronze medal – third place1989 DuisburgTeam foil

Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow Olympic Games due to the boycott.

Biography

In 1984 at 22 he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics winning gold in the individual and team foil events.[1][2] In the final for the Individual Title Numa won over Matthias Behr. Less than 1 minute before the end Behr was 4 points up but Numa caught his opponent and eventually won in the tie break with the final score of 12-11.

He competed in the individual foil event at the Mediterranean Games in 1983 where he won a bronze medal and in 1991 where he won a gold medal.[3]

In the following years Numa confirmed to be one of the strongest in Foil Individual winning medals in Clermont-Ferrand 1982, in Barcelona 1985, in Sofia 1986, in Denver 1989 World Championships.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
1979 World Championships Australia Melbourne 2nd Foil team
1981 World Championships France Clermont-Ferrand 2nd Foil team
1982 World Championships Italy Rome 2nd Foil individual
3rd Foil Team
European Championships Austria Mödling 1st Foil individual
1983 Mediterranean Games Morocco Casablanca 3rd Foil individual
1984 Olympic Games United States Los Angeles 1st Foil individual
1st Foil Team
1985 World Championships Spain Barcelona 1st Foil individual
1st Foil Team
1986 World Championships Bulgaria Sofia 3rd Foil individual
1st Foil Team
1989 World Championships United States Denver 3rd Foil individual
1990 World Championships France Lyon 1st Foil team
1991 Mediterranean Games Greece Athens 1st Foil individual
Fencing World Cup
  • Foil (1982, 1983, 1985)

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Mauro Numa". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  2. ↑ "Mauro Numa Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  3. ↑ "Olympedia – Mauro Numa". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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