Diego Occhiuzzi

Diego Occhiuzzi
File:Diego Occhiuzzi 2014 European Championships SMS-EQ t140630.jpg Occhiuzzi at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 Naples, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
Club	CS Aeronautica Militare
Head coach	Leonardo Caserta
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2012 London Individual Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team World Championships Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team Bronze medal – third place 2007 St Petersburg Team Bronze medal – third place 2011 Catania Team European Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Zagreb Team Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Team

Diego Occhiuzzi (born 30 April 1981) is an Italian fencer and olympic medal winner in team sabre competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's sabre where he lost to Áron Szilágyi in the final round to win the silver medal. He was also part of the Italian men's sabre team that won the bronze medal.

Achievements

Occhiuzzi has been most successful in team events, having won a bronze Olympic medals in both 2008 and 2012, a bronze, a silver, and another bronze from the 2007, 2010, and 2011 World Fencing Championships, and a gold from both the 2013 and 2014 European Fencing Championships. However, his best result is having placed second in the individual event at the 2012 Olympics. In the finals, he lost to Áron Szilágyi, 15–8.

External links

• Diego Occhiuzzi at Olympics.com
• Diego Occhiuzzi at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)