Luigi Samele (fencer)

Luigi "Gigi" Samele (born 25 July 1987) is an Italian left-handed sabre fencer, three-time team European champion, two-time Olympian, and three-time Olympic medalist.[2]

Luigi Samele
Personal information
Born (1987-07-25) 25 July 1987
Foggia, Italy
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
ClubFiamme Gialle[1]
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 ParisTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 WuxiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 LeipzigTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 BudapestTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoTeam
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 LeipzigTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 ZagrebTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 StrasbourgTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 TorunTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 TbilisiTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 Novi SadTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 KrakówTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 DüsseldorfTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2014 ChicagoIndividual
Gold medal – first place2016 CancunIndividual

He is dating Ukrainian four-time world champion sabre fencer Olha Kharlan, and they live in Bologna, Italy.[3][4]

Medal record

Olympic Games
Year Location Event Position
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Team Men's Sabre 3rd[5]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[6]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre 2nd[7]

World Championship
Year Location Event Position
2010 France Paris, France Team Men's Sabre 2nd[8]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 3rd[9]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre 2nd[10]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 3rd[11]

European Championship
Year Location Event Position
2010 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 1st[12]
2013 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Team Men's Sabre 1st[13]
2014 France Strasbourg, France Team Men's Sabre 1st[14]
2016 Poland Toruń, Poland Team Men's Sabre 2nd[15]
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Sabre 2nd[16]
2018 Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Sabre 2nd[17]
2019 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Sabre 3rd[18]

Grand Prix
Date Location Event Position
2010-02-12 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[19]
2013-01-19 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[20]
2014-03-08 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[21]
2014-05-17 Poland Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[22]
2016-12-16 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Sabre 1st[23]
2020-01-10 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[24]

World Cup
Date Location Event Position
2009-01-31 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[25]
2009-06-19 United States Dallas, Texas Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[26]
2010-06-13 Venezuela Margarita Island, Venezuela Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[27]
2013-05-03 United States Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[28]
2014-02-14 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[29]
2014-05-02 United States Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 1st[30]
2018-11-16 Algeria Algier, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[31]
2019-11-15 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[32]

References
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