Diego Occhiuzzi

Italian fencer (born 1981)

Diego Occhiuzzi

Occhiuzzi at the 2014 European Fencing Championships

Personal information

Born

(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 42)
Naples, Italy

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)

Sport

Country

Italy

Sport

Fencing

Weapon

Sabre

Hand

right-handed

Club

CS Aeronautica Militare

Head coach

Leonardo Caserta

FIE ranking

current ranking

Medal record

Olympic Games

	2012 London	Individual
	2008 Beijing	Team
	2012 London	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 Áron Szilágyi, 15–8.