Career
Fichera took up fencing when he was ten years old under the guidance of maestro Domenico Patti at C.S. Acireale. In 2010 he took a double gold haul at the U17 European Championships and an individual silver and a team gold at the U21 European Championships. The same year he took part in the inaugural edition of the Summer Youth Olympics. In the individual event he won the gold medal after being led 9–14 in the final by Germany's Nikolaus Bodoczi. He also earned gold in the mixed team event. These results caused him to be selected into Fiamme Oro, the sports group of the Italian police. In 2011 Fichera became junior World champion with the team. In early 2013 he transferred to Milan, where he studies political science. In the 2013–14 World Cup he climbed his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in the Vancouver Grand Prix. He was then called up into the senior Italian national team for the 2014 European Championships. In 2015 he took part in the inaugural edition of the European Games in Baku. In the team event, Italy lost to France in the semifinals and met Switzerland for the bronze medal. Fichera was chosen to close the match against Switzerland'sReferences
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fichera, Marco 1993 births Living people Italian male épée fencers Fencers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Italy Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing European Games bronze medalists for Italy Fencers of Fiamme Oro Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Italian people People from Acireale