Diego Occhiuzzi

Diego Occhiuzzi
Occhiuzzi at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Italy
Born	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 Napoli, Italy
Weapon(s)	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Club	CS Aeronautica Militare
Head coach(es)	Leonardo Caserta
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games London 2012 Individual Beijing 2008 Team London 2012 Team World Championships 2015 Moscow Team 2010 Paris Team 2007 St Petersburg Team 2011 Catania Team European Championships 2013 Zagreb Team 2014 Strasbourg Team

Diego Occhiuzzi (born 30 April 1981) is an Italian fencer and olympic medal winner in team sabre competition.^[1] 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 Aron Szilagyi, 15-8.

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