Mauro Numa
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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.
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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Melbourne | 2nd | Foil team |
| 1981 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Clermont-Ferrand | 2nd | Foil team |
| 1982 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Rome | 2nd | Foil individual |
| 3rd | Foil Team | |||
| European Championships | Template:Flagicon Mödling | 1st | Foil individual | |
| 1983 | Mediterranean Games | Template:Flagicon Casablanca | 3rd | Foil individual |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Template:Flagicon Los Angeles | 1st | Foil individual |
| 1st | Foil Team | |||
| 1985 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Barcelona | 1st | Foil individual |
| 1st | Foil Team | |||
| 1986 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Sofia | 3rd | Foil individual |
| 1st | Foil Team | |||
| 1989 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Denver | 3rd | Foil individual |
| 1990 | World Championships | Template:Flagicon Lyon | 1st | Foil team |
| 1991 | Mediterranean Games | Template:Flagicon Athens | 1st | Foil individual |
- File:Simple gold cup.svg Foil (1982, 1983, 1985)
References
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Italian male foil fencers
- Olympic fencers for Italy
- Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Sportspeople from Venice
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
- Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
- People from Mestre
- Fencers at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- Fencers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen