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Daniele Garozzo ([daˈnjɛːle ɡaˈrɔttso]; born 4 August 1992) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer.[2]
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| Born | 4 August 1992 Acireale, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Andrea Cipressa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | GS Fiamme Gialle[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Fabio Galli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Garozzo is a 2022 team European champion, two-time individual European champion, and four-time team world champion.
A two-time Olympian, Garozzo is a 2021 individual Olympic silver medalist and 2016 individual Olympic champion.
He is the younger brother of Italian épée fencer Enrico Garozzo.[3]
Garozzo won the 2008 Cadet World Championships at home in Acireale, then took a silver medal in the 2011 and 2012 Junior World Championships. In the 2013 Summer Universiade he was defeated in the semifinals by Russia's Aleksey Cheremisinov and came away with a bronze medal. In the 2014–15 season he climbed his first World Cup podium with a silver medal in the Challenge International de Paris.[4] He earned a silver medal at the 2015 European Championships after being defeated in the final by teammate Andrea Cassarà.
Ranked number 11 in the world, Garozzo was the surprise winner of the gold medal in the Men's Individual Foil at the 2016 Summer Olympics, beating the American world number 1 Alexander Massialas in the final; his victory raised his world ranking to number 2.[5][6] In the same event at the next Olympics in 2021, he was defeated by Cheung Ka Long from Hong Kong with a score of 15-11, claiming his first Olympic silver medal.[7]
In June 2022, Garozzo won the gold medal in the men's foil event at the 2022 European Fencing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[8][9]
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
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| 2015 |  Moscow, Russia |
Team Men's Foil | 1st[12] |
| 2017 |  Leipzig, Germany |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[13] |
| 2017 | Leipzig, Germany |
Team Men's Foil | 1st[14] |
| 2018 |  Wuxi, China |
Team Men's Foil | 1st[15] |
| 2019 |  Budapest, Hungary |
Team Men's Foil | 3rd[16] |
| 2022 |  Cairo, Egypt |
Team Men's Foil | 1st[17] |
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
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| 2015 |  Montreux, Switzerland |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[18] |
| 2016 |  Toruń, Poland |
Team Men's Foil | 2nd[19] |
| 2017 |  Tbilisi, Georgia |
Individual Men's Foil | 1st[20] |
| 2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Team Men's Foil | 3rd[21] |
| 2018 |  Novi Sad, Serbia |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[22] |
| 2018 | Novi Sad, Serbia |
Team Men's Foil | 2nd[23] |
| 2019 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[24] |
| 2019 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Team Men's Foil | 3rd[25] |
| 2022 |  Antalya, Turkey |
Individual Men's Foil | 1st[26] |
| 2022 | Antalya, Turkey |
Team Men's Foil | 1st[27] |
| Date | Location | Event | Position |
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| 2015-03-13 |  Havana, Cuba |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[28] |
| 2017-03-17 |  Long Beach, California |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[29] |
| Date | Location | Event | Position |
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| 2015-01-16 |  Paris, France |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[30] |
| 2015-05-01 | St. Petersburg, Russia |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[31] |
| 2016-02-05 | Bonn, Germany |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[32] |
| 2017-05-05 | St. Petersburg, Russia |
Individual Men's Foil | 1st[33] |
| 2018-01-19 | Paris, France |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[34] |
| 2019-01-25 |  Tokyo, Japan |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[35] |
| 2019-03-01 | Cairo, Egypt |
Individual Men's Foil | 1st[36] |
| 2019-12-13 | Tokyo, Japan |
Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[37] |
| 2020-01-10 | Paris, France |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[38] |
| 2022-04-29 |  Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[39] |
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