Marco Galiazzo (born 7 May 1983, in

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) is an athlete from

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. He competes in

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for C.S. Aeronautica Militare, and is a former world number one. He was the first

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in the Italian archery history, winner of the gold medal in men's individual competition at Olympic Games – Athens 2004 and gold medal in team competition at the Olympic Games – London 2012 (in the same event he won silver at the Olympic Games – Beijing 2008).

Career

Galiazzo started to shoot at the age of thirteen, together with his father, who later became his coach. His first win was at Italian Youth Games ( Giochi della Gioventù), at the age of fourteen. At sixteen he was chosen for the first time for the Italian national archery team. His first team was the Compagnia Arcieri Padovani with whom he trained when he won the Olympic medal. Currently he is a member of A.S.D. Archers Rio. On 19 August 2004 he won the gold medal in the men's individual at the Athens Olympic Games, beating the Japanese archer Hiroshi Yamamoto in the final round. In the second round he beat teammate Ilario Di Buò. On 3 February 2006 he entered in the C.S. Aeronautica Militare. On 18 April 2008 in Porec, Croatia, during the second leg of the Meteksan World Cup, he established the new Italian team record with

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and Ilario Di Buò. On 11 August of the same year, together with

and Ilario Di Buò he won the silver medal in team competition at Olympic Games – Beijing 2008, losing in the final against South Korea. Two days later he was defeated 109–110 in the second round of the individual competition against Alan Wills (ENG), losing the opportunity to retain the Olympic title won four years earlier. On 28 July 2012 he won the gold medal at Olympic Games in London in the team competition, together with

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and

, beating the United States in the final.

2004 Summer Olympics

Galiazzo competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Galiazzo faced

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of the

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, defeating Wunderle 109–108 in the 12-arrow match and advancing to the semifinals. There, he faced Laurence Godfrey of

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, defeating Godfrey 110–108. Galiazzo then competed against Hiroshi Yamamoto of

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in the gold medal match, winning 111–109 to earn the

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. He was also a member of the 7th-place Italian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galiazzo, Marco 1983 births Living people Italian male archers Olympic archers of Italy Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Archers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in archery European Games bronze medalists for Italy Archers of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare 21st-century Italian people