Ezio Gamba
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Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympic Games (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). Gamba claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (Template:Nbnd71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.
Biography
Four years later in Los Angeles, California, Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's Ahn Byeong-Keun in the final.
He is the current trainer of the Russian National Judo team.[1] In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.[2]
In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[3]
International medals
- Gold
- 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany
- 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
- 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland*
- Silver
- 88 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France, defeating G. Gevechanov from Bulgaria
- 84 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 83 World Championships (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
- 83 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
- 79 World Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
- 79 European Championships (71 kg) - Brussels, Belgium
- 78 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Miskolc, Hungary
- 77 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Berlin, Germany
- 76 Jr. World Championships (78 kg) - Madrid, Spain
- Bronze
- 86 European Championships (71 kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
References
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- ↑ Главным тренером мужской сборной России по дзюдо стал итальянец
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External links
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- Ezio Gamba at RealJudo.net (archived)
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Italian male judoka
- Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Sportspeople from Brescia
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Naturalized citizens of Russia
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Judoka of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen