Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired

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from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive

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(1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). He claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (– 71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.

Biography

Four years later in

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, Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's

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in the final. He is the current trainer of the Russian National Judo team. In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian

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. In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by

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International medals

;Gold * 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany * 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia * 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland* ;Silver * 88 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France, defeating G. Gevechanov from Bulgaria * 84 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA * 83 World Championships (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia * 83 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France * 79 World Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France * 79 European Championships (71 kg) - Brussels, Belgium * 78 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Miskolc, Hungary * 77 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Berlin, Germany * 76 Jr. World Championships (78 kg) - Madrid, Spain ;Bronze * 86 European Championships (71 kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamba, Ezio 1958 births Living people Italian male judoka Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Brescia Olympic medalists in judo Naturalised citizens of Russia Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Honoured Coaches of Russia Judoka of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people