Enrico Garozzo

Enrico Garozzo

Garozzo at the 2013 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Born 5 June 1989
Weapon(s) épée
Hand right-handed
National coach(es) Sandro Cuomo
Club Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Head coach(es) Andrea Candiani
Former coach(es) Domenico Patti
FIE Ranking current ranking

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

Biography

Garozzo won a silver medal at the 2006 Cadets World Fencing Championship in Taebaek,[1] then took the gold at the 2008 Junior World Fencing Championship in his childhood city Acireale.[2]

Amongst seniors, he made his first Fencing World Cup podium in 2010 with a third place in the Grand Prix de Berne.[3] This was followed in the 2011–12 season by a second place at the Jockey Club Argentino.[3]

In the 2012–13 season he placed third in the Heidenheimer Pokal[3] and in the 2013 Mediterranean Games at Mersin.[4] 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[5] and took a bronze medal at the World Championships in Kazan after losing in the semifinals to South Korea's Park Kyoung-doo.[6] 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.[7]

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

References

  1. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, ed. (10 April 2006). "Campionati mondiali cadetti un argento nella spada" (in Italian).
  2. Gianluca Musmeci (12 April 2010). "Mondiali di Scherma giovani: oro all'Acese Enrico Garozzo". Giornale di Sicilia (in Italian).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Alessandro Gennari (13 February 2014). "La terza prova". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  4. Gabriele Lippi (22 June 2013). "Mersin 2013, quattro medaglie dalla scherma: oro Di Francisca". Olimpiazzura.com (in Italian).
  5. Alessandro Gennari (17 January 2014). "Quella maledetta ultima stoccata…". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  6. Stefano Arcobelli (20 July 2014). "Scherma, Mondiali, Spada: Fiamingo d'oro! Garozzo è di bronzo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  7. "Scherma, spada uomini, Grand Prix: Garozzo è di bronzo a Doha" (in Italian). Gasport. 6 December 2014.

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