Andrea Cassarà (born 3 January 1984) is an Italian left-handed

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fencer, two-time individual European champion, 2011 individual world champion, and three-time Olympics medalist. 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 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Cassarà competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the

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(as a replacement for suspended world #1 foil fencer

Andrea Baldini Andrea Baldini (born 19 December 1985) is an Italian Foil (fencing), foil fencing, fencer, several time European and World champion and team Olympic champion in 2012. He is the only foil fencer in history to have obtained four golds (European and ...

), the

, and the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. Cassarà's medal record at

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include: * Bronze medal in the individual men's foil event and gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

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* Silver medal in the team men's foil event at the

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* Bronze medal in the team men's foil event at the

2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ...

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* Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

2008 World Fencing Championships The 2008 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Green Convention Center in Beijing, China. The event took place from April 18 to April 20, 2008. It had men's team foil and women's team épée, both of which were not held at the 20 ...

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* Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

2009 World Fencing Championships 2009 World Fencing Championships was held at the Antalya Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey. The event took place from September 30 to October 8, 2009. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results overview Men Foil individual ...

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* Silver medal in the team men's foil event at the

2010 World Fencing Championships The 2010 World Fencing Championships were held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France 4–13 November. Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations A record of 110 nations competed, with many making their debuts including ...

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* Gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the

2011 World Fencing Championships The 2011 World Fencing Championships was held at Catania, Italy from 8–16 October. Medal table Men's events Women's events External links FIEOfficial website {{World Fencing Championships World Fencing Championships W Fencing Cham ...

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* Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

2013 World Fencing Championships The 2013 World Fencing Championships were held at Budapest, Hungary from 5–12 August. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations 827 fencers from 101 countries competed. * (1) * (13) * ( ...

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* Bronze medal in the team men's foil event at the

2014 World Fencing Championships The 2014 World Fencing Championships were held in Kazan, Russia, from 15–23 July. Schedule The schedule of the competition. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table References External links Official website {{World Fe ...

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* Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

2015 World Fencing Championships The 2015 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia from 13 to 19 July 2015. Schedule The schedule of the competition. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External links ...

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* Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

2017 World Fencing Championships The 2017 World Fencing Championships was held at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 19 to 26 July 2017. During the championships there was a demonstration of wheelchair fencing. Russian Ksenia Ovsyannikova was Head of the Promotion Comm ...

in Leipzig, Germany, * Gold medal in the team men's foil event at the

2018 World Fencing Championships The 2018 World Fencing Championships was held from 19 to 27 July at 2018 in Wuxi, China. Host selection On 23 November 2015, Wuxi beat the Japanese city of Fukuoka with 69 votes to 47. Schedule Twelve events were held. ''All times are local (UT ...

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* Bronze medal in the team men's foil event at the 2019 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary Cassarà won a gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the

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, a silver medal in the individual men's foil event at the

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, and a gold medal in the individual men's foil event at the

2015 European Fencing Championships The 2015 European Fencing Championships were held in Montreux, Switzerland from 5 to 11 June 2015 at the Montreux Music & Convention Centre. Schedule Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Host Results Men Foil individu ...

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. 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.

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