Andrea Cassarà (born 3 January 1984) is an Italian left-handed foil fencer, two-time individual European champion, 2011 individual world champion, and three-time Olympics medalist.[1]

Andrea Cassarà
Personal information
Born (1984-01-03) 3 January 1984 (age 40)
Passirano, Italy
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
HandLeft-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubCS Carabinieri
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Individual foil
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Havana Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2011 Catania Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2017 Leipzig Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2005 Leipzig Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Havana Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team foil
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Moscow Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 2002 Moscow Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zalaegerszeg Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2008 Kyiv Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 2008 Kyiv Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2009 Plovdiv Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2012 Legnano Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montreux Individual foil
Silver medal – second place 2010 Leipzig Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sheffield Individual foil
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toruń Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team foil

Cassarà won a bronze medal in the individual men's foil event and a gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and a gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[2]

Race Imboden (left) fences against Italy's Andrea Cassarà (right) in the men's foil team final of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 12 August 2013.

Cassarà competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (as a replacement for suspended world #1 foil fencer Andrea Baldini), the 2012 London Olympic Games, and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Cassarà's medal record at world fencing championships include:

Cassarà won a gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, a silver medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2011 European Fencing Championships in Sheffield, United Kingdom, and a gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2015 European Fencing Championships in Montreux, Switzerland.

Between 2003 and 2018, Cassarà won 11 FIE Men's Foil Grand Prix titles, in addition to six silver medals and six bronze medals.

Between 2003 and 2020, Cassarà won 17 FIE Men's Foil World Cup titles, in addition to 13 silver medals, and seven bronze medals.

References edit

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  21. ^ "Championnats du Monde (Leipzig ) 2017-07-26 Entries". fie.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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  23. ^ "Championnats du Monde (Wuxi ) 2018-07-26 Entries". fie.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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  25. ^ "Championnats du Monde (Budapest ) 2019-07-22 Entries". fie.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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