Enrico Garozzo

Enrico Garozzo ([enˈriːko ɡaˈrɔttso]; born 21 June 1989 in Catania, Sicily) is an Italian épée fencer, bronze medallist in the 2014 World Championships.

Enrico Garozzo
Garozzo at the 2013 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Born (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponépée
Handright-handed
National coachSandro Cuomo
ClubCentro Sportivo Carabinieri
Head coachAndrea Candiani
Former coachDomenico Patti
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team épée
World Championships
2014 KazanIndividual
European Championships
2016 ToruńTeam
2018 Novi SadTeam
2019 DüsseldorfIndividual

Garozzo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.[1]

Biography

Garozzo won a silver medal at the 2006 Cadets World Fencing Championship in Taebaek,[2] then took the gold at the 2008 Junior World Fencing Championship in his childhood city Acireale.[3]

Amongst seniors, he made his first Fencing World Cup podium in 2010 with a third place in the Grand Prix de Berne.[4] This was followed in the 2011–12 season by a second place at the Jockey Club Argentino.[4]

In the 2012–13 season he placed third in the Heidenheimer Pokal[4] and in the 2013 Mediterranean Games at Mersin.[5] He advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2013 European Championships at Budapest before being stopped by eventual silver medallist Daniel Jerent. In the 2013–14 season, he won a silver medal in the Doha Grand Prix[6] and took a bronze medal at the World Championships in Kazan after losing in the semifinals to South Korea's Park Kyoung-doo.[7] He finished the season 4th in world rankings, a career best.

In the 2014–15 season Garozzo won a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix.[8]

Enrico's younger brother, Daniele, is a foil fencer.

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References
  1. "IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l’argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l’oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora.
  2. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, ed. (10 April 2006). "Campionati mondiali cadetti un argento nella spada" (in Italian).
  3. Gianluca Musmeci (12 April 2010). "Mondiali di Scherma giovani: oro all'Acese Enrico Garozzo". Giornale di Sicilia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2014-07-29.
  4. Alessandro Gennari (13 February 2014). "La terza prova". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  5. Gabriele Lippi (22 June 2013). "Mersin 2013, quattro medaglie dalla scherma: oro Di Francisca". Olimpiazzura.com (in Italian).
  6. Alessandro Gennari (17 January 2014). "Quella maledetta ultima stoccata…". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  7. Stefano Arcobelli (20 July 2014). "Scherma, Mondiali, Spada: Fiamingo d'oro! Garozzo è di bronzo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  8. "Scherma, spada uomini, Grand Prix: Garozzo è di bronzo a Doha" (in Italian). Gasport. 6 December 2014.
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