Luigi Samele (fencer)

Luigi "Gigi" Samele (born 25 July 1987) is an Italian left-handed sabre fencer, three-time team European champion, two-time Olympian, and three-time Olympic medalist.[2]

Luigi Samele
Personal information
Born (1987-07-25) 25 July 1987
Foggia, Italy
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
ClubFiamme Gialle[1]
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoIndividual
2020 TokyoTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
2010 ParisTeam
2018 WuxiTeam
2017 LeipzigTeam
2019 BudapestTeam
2022 CairoTeam
European Games
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
2010 LeipzigTeam
2013 ZagrebTeam
2014 StrasbourgTeam
2016 TorunTeam
2017 TbilisiTeam
2018 Novi SadTeam
2023 KrakówTeam
2019 DüsseldorfTeam
2024 BaselIndividual
World Cup
2014 ChicagoIndividual
2016 CancunIndividual

He is dating Ukrainian four-time world champion sabre fencer Olha Kharlan, and they live in Bologna, Italy.[3][4]

Medal record

Olympic Games
Year Location Event Position
2012 London, United Kingdom Team Men's Sabre 3rd[5]
2021 Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[6]
2021 Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre 2nd[7]

World Championship
Year Location Event Position
2010 Paris, France Team Men's Sabre 2nd[8]
2017 Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 3rd[9]
2018 Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre 2nd[10]
2019 Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 3rd[11]

European Championship
Year Location Event Position
2010 Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 1st[12]
2013 Zagreb, Croatia Team Men's Sabre 1st[13]
2014 Strasbourg, France Team Men's Sabre 1st[14]
2016 Toruń, Poland Team Men's Sabre 2nd[15]
2017 Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Sabre 2nd[16]
2018 Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Sabre 2nd[17]
2019 Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Sabre 3rd[18]

Grand Prix
Date Location Event Position
2010-02-12 Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[19]
2013-01-19 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[20]
2014-03-08 Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[21]
2014-05-17 Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[22]
2016-12-16 Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Sabre 1st[23]
2020-01-10 Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[24]

World Cup
Date Location Event Position
2009-01-31 Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[25]
2009-06-19 Dallas, Texas Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[26]
2010-06-13 Margarita Island, Venezuela Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[27]
2013-05-03 Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[28]
2014-02-14 Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[29]
2014-05-02 Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 1st[30]
2018-11-16 Algier, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[31]
2019-11-15 Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[32]

References
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