Mauro Numa

Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow Olympic Games due to the boycott.

Mauro Numa

Personal information
Born	(1961-11-18) 18 November 1961 (age 63) Mestre, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Event	Foil
Medal record Olympic Games 2 (1 individual) 0 (0 individual) 0 (0 individual) World Championships 4 (1 individual) 3 (1 individual) 3 (2 individual) European Championships 1 (1 individual) 0 (0 individual) 0 (0 individual) Mediterranean Games 1 (1 individual) 0 (0 individual) 1 (1 individual)

Biography

In 1984 at 22 he competed at the Los Angeles Olympic Games winning gold in the individual and team foil events.^[1][2] In the final for the Individual Title Numa won over Matthias Behr. Less than 1 minute before the end Behr was 4 points up but Numa caught his opponent and eventually won in the tie break with the final score of 12-11.

He competed in the individual foil event at the Mediterranean Games in 1983 where he won a bronze medal and in 1991 where he won a gold medal.^[3]

In the following years Numa confirmed to be one of the strongest in Foil Individual winning medals in Clermont-Ferrand 1982, in Barcelona 1985, in Sofia 1986, in Denver 1989 World Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
1979	World Championships	Melbourne	2nd	Foil team
1981	World Championships	Clermont-Ferrand	2nd	Foil team
1982	World Championships	Rome	2nd	Foil individual
			3rd	Foil Team
	European Championships	Mödling	1st	Foil individual
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca	3rd	Foil individual
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	1st	Foil individual
			1st	Foil Team
1985	World Championships	Barcelona	1st	Foil individual
			1st	Foil Team
1986	World Championships	Sofia	3rd	Foil individual
			1st	Foil Team
1989	World Championships	Denver	3rd	Foil individual
1990	World Championships	Lyon	1st	Foil team
1991	Mediterranean Games	Athens	1st	Foil individual

Fencing World Cup

• Foil (1982, 1983, 1985)

References

1. "Olympics Statistics: Mauro Numa". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
2. "Mauro Numa Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
3. "Olympedia – Mauro Numa". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

External links

• Mauro Numa at Olympedia
• Mauro Numa at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)