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Alessio Foconi

Alessio Foconi (born 22 November 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer and 2021 Olympian.

Alessio Foconi
Personal information
Born (1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 34)
Rome, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubCS Terni / CS Aeronautica Militare
Head coachGiulio Tomassini
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Düsseldorf Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team

Foconi is a 2022 team European champion, 2019 individual European champion, three-time team world champion, and 2018 individual world champion.[1]

Career edit

Born in Rome, Foconi took up fencing in Terni, Umbria. He was coached in his formative years by Filippo Romagnoli and Giulio Tomassini.

In 2008 he created an upset at the Espinho World Cup after defeating Renal Ganeyev, Ruslan Nasibulin and Choi Byung-chul. He was stopped in the semifinals by fellow countryman and team Olympic champion Simone Vanni and came away with a bronze medal.[2] The next year he won a team bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Amsterdam and an individual bronze and a team gold at the Junior World Championships in Belfast.

In 2010–11 he took another World Cup bronze, this time at the Shanghai Grand Prix, and finished the season 25th in the world rankings. He did not qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics, but maintained his Top 25 ranking. In 2013 he won the Italian championship after defeating Valerio Aspromonte in the final.[3]

In the 2014–15 season Foconi bounced back in the World Cup circuit by posting a quarter-final finish in the Paris World Cup,[4] then a bronze medal in the Löwe von Bonn.[5]

Medal record edit

World championship edit

Year Location Event Position
2017   Leipzig, Germany Team men's foil 1st[6]
2018   Wuxi, China Individual men's foil 1st[7]
2018   Wuxi, China Team men's foil 1st[8]
2019   Budapest, Hungary Team men's foil 3rd[9]
2022   Cairo, Egypt Team men's foil 1st[10]

European championship edit

Year Location Event Position
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Team men's goil 3rd[11]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Foil 2nd[12]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Individual men's foil 1st[13]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Team men's foil 3rd[14]
2022   Antalya, Turkey Team men's foil 1st[15]

Grand Prix edit

Date Location Event Position
2011-05-09   Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 3rd[16]
2016-06-03   Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 3rd[17]
2016-12-02   Turin, Italy Individual men's foil 1st[18]
2017-05-19   Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 2nd[19]
2017-12-01   Turin, Italy Individual men's foil 3rd[20]
2019-02-08   Turin, Italy Individual men's foil 3rd[21]
2019-03-15   Anaheim, California Individual men's foil 3rd[22]
2019-05-17   Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 1st[23]
2022-05-13   Incheon, South Korea Individual men's foil 3rd[24]

World Cup edit

Date Location Event Position
2008-03-15   Espinho, Portugal Individual men's foil 3rd[25]
2015-02-06   Bonn, Germany Individual men's foil 3rd[26]
2016-10-21   Cairo, Egypt Individual men's foil 2nd[27]
2017-10-20   Cairo, Egypt Individual men's foil 2nd[28]
2018-01-19   Paris, France Individual men's foil 1st[29]
2018-05-04   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual men's foil 2nd[30]
2019-01-11   Paris, France Individual men's foil 1st[31]
2019-01-25   Tokyo, Japan Individual men's foil 3rd[32]
2019-05-03   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual men's foil 2nd[33]
2019-11-08   Bonn, Germany Individual men's foil 3rd[34]
2019-12-13   Tokyo, Japan Individual men's foil 1st[35]
2020-02-21   Cairo, Egypt Individual men's foil 3rd[36]
2022-01-14   Paris, France Individual men's foil 3rd[37]
2022-04-29   Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual men's foil 1st[38]

References edit

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  2. ^ Leonardo Bordoni (17 March 2008). "Scherma: Foconi si scopre grande fra i 'grandi'". Sport Terni (in Italian).
  3. ^ Leonardo Bordoni (30 May 2013). "Che Foconi, scala l'Aspromonte ed è oro". Giornale dell'Umbria (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ Ivano Mari (17 January 2015). "Scherma, buon piazzamento in Coppa del mondo per Foconi". Terni in rete (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ Stefano Arcobelli (7 February 2015). "Scherma, fioretto, tris d'Italia con trionfo di Cassarà. La Errigo seconda". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
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External links edit

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