Mauro Numa

Mauro Numa
Personal information
Born (1961-11-08) 8 November 1961
Mestre, Italy
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Fencing
Event(s) 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 Los Angeles Olympic Games 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.

In the following years Numa confirmed to be one of the strongest in Foil Individual winning medals in Barcelona 1985, in Sofia 1986, Denver 1989, Lyon 1990 World Championships.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event
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
3d Foil Team
European Championships Austria Mödling 1st 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 3d Foil individual
1st Foil Team
1989 World Championships United States Denver 3d Foil individual
3d Foil Team
1990 World Championships France Lyon 1st Foil team
Fencing World Cup

References

  1. "Olympics Statistics: Mauro Numa". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  2. "Mauro Numa Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
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