Andrea Cassarà

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 Passirano, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	Left-handed
National coach	Andrea Cipressa
Club	CS Carabinieri
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team foil 2012 London Team foil 2004 Athens Individual foil World Championships 2003 Havana Team foil 2008 Beijing Team foil 2011 Catania Individual foil 2013 Budapest Team foil 2015 Moscow Team foil 2017 Leipzig Team foil 2018 Wuxi Team foil 2005 Leipzig Team foil 2003 Havana Individual foil 2006 Turin Team foil 2014 Kazan Team foil 2019 Budapest Team foil European Championships 2002 Moscow Individual foil 2002 Moscow Team foil 2005 Zalaegerszeg Individual foil 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team foil 2008 Kyiv Individual foil 2008 Kyiv Team foil 2009 Plovdiv Team foil 2011 Sheffield Team foil 2012 Legnano Team foil 2015 Montreux Individual foil 2010 Leipzig Team foil 2011 Sheffield Individual foil 2014 Strasbourg Team foil 2016 Toruń Team foil 2018 Novi Sad Team foil 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:

• Bronze medal in the individual men's foil event and gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2003 World Fencing Championships in Havana, Cuba[3][4]
• Silver medal in the team men's foil event at the 2005 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany[5][6]
• Bronze medal in the team men's foil event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in Turin, Italy[7][8]
• Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2008 World Fencing Championships in Beijing, China[9][10]
• Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2009 World Fencing Championships in Antalya, Turkey[11][12]
• Silver medal in the team men's foil event at the 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris, France[13][14]
• Gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy
• Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary[15][16]
• Bronze medal in the team men's foil event at the 2014 World Fencing Championships in Kazan, Russia[17][18]
• Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, Russia[19][20]
• Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2017 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany,[21][22]
• Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China[23][24]
• Bronze medal in the team men's foil event at the 2019 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary[25][26]

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.