Andrea Cipressa (born 14 December 1963) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He is now director of foil for the Italian Fencing Federation. His daughter, Erica Cipressa, is also a foil fencer.[3] He is the Commissario tecnico of the Italy national fencing team.[4]

Andrea Cipressa
Cipressa in 2015
Personal information
Born (1963-12-14) 14 December 1963 (age 60)
Venice, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Foil, team

References edit

  1. ^ "Andrea Cipressa". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Cipressa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Da Cuomo a Cipressa, tanti figli d'arte". ansa.it. 6 July 2019.
  4. ^ "IL CT ANDREA CIPRESSA - Federazione Italiana Scherma". federscherma.it. 6 July 2019.

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