Date of birth: 18/11/1978
Place of Birth: Livorno
m. 1,84
kg. 85
Biography
He is 37 years old, but don't tell him to step aside. Fencing (and the sabre) is in the DNA of his family. Eighty years after his grandfather Aldo first took part in the Olympic Games (but also his father Mario Aldo and three of his cousins took part in various editions of the Games), and twelve years after the individual gold and the team silver won in Athens (followed then by two team bronzes he gained in Beijing and London), the Italian athlete wants to live his fourth Olympic dream. For the first time he attends the Games without his team (it is not on the program), but his resolve is the same: “I want to give something more to Italy”. A lover of powerboating, with an experience in the world of football (following the trail of his uncle Armando Picchi) he is often at the centre of celebrity news. Despite his new flame - Russian athlete Olga Plachina -, “the Beef” in Rio is thinking only of the podium. There is still time for his father's shipyard in Livorno.
Medal table
Achievements at the Olympic Games
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Records and medals in international, national and youth competitions
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Olympic Games
1° Atene 2004 – Individuale
2° Atene 2004 – Squadra
10° Pechino 2008 – Individuale
3° Pechino 2008 – Squadra
11° Londra 2012 – Individuale
3° Londra 2012 – Squadra
World Championship
2° Lisbona 2002 – Squadra
19° Lisbona 2002 – Individuale
6° L’Havana 2003 – Squadra
3° L’Havana 2003 – Individuale
2° Lipsia 2005 – Squadra
6° Lipsia 2005 – Individuale
30° Torino 2006 – Individuale
7° Torino 2006 – Squadra
2° San Pietroburgo 2007 – Individuale
3° San Pietroburgo 2007 – Squadra
2° Antalya 2009 – Squadra
5° Antalya 2009 – Individuale
2° Parigi 2010 – Squadra
34° Parigi 2010 – Individuale
1° Catania 2011 – Individuale
3° Catania 2011 – Squadra
6° Budapest 2013 – Squadra
14° Budapest 2013 – Individuale
6° Kazan 2014 – Individuale
5° Kazan 2014 – Squadra
1° Mosca 2015 – Squadra
10° Mosca 2015 – Individuale
European Championship
5° Coblenza 2001 – Squadra
21° Coblenza 2001 - Individuale
5° Mosca 2002 – Individuale
2° Mosca 2002 – Squadra
2° Bourges 2003 – Squadra
12° Bourges 2003 – Individuale
1° Zalaegerszeg 2005 – Individuale
8° Zalaegerszeg 2005 – Squadra
6° Gand 2007 – Individuale
5° Gand 2007 – Squadra
5° Kiev 2008 – Squadra
26° Kiev 2008 - Individuale
12° Plovdiv 2009 – Individuale
1° Plovdiv 2009 – Squadra
38° Lipsia 2010 – Individuale
1° Lipsia 2010 – Squadra
6° Sheffield 2011 – Individuale
1° Sheffield 2011 – Squadra
22° Zagabria 2013 – Individuale
1° Zagabria 2013 – Squadra
29° Strasburgo 2014 – Individuale
5° Montreux 2015 – Individuale
2° Montreux 2015 – Squadra
World Cup
9° 2001-2002
2° 2002-2003
5° 2003-2004
7° 2004-2005
4° 2006-2007
7° 2007-2008
8° 2008-2009
2° 2010-2011
7° 2013-2014
9° 2014-2015
Olympic Games medal table
| gold | silver | bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Londra 2012 Sabre team | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pechino 2008 Sabre team | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atene 2004 Sabre individual | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Atene 2004 Sabre team | 0 | 1 | 0 |
