Salvatore Sanzo (born 26 November 1975) is an Italian
Olympic fencer. He won a team gold and individual silver medal in Athens and an individual bronze medal in Beijing in
foil
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Materials
* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal
* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
* Tin foil, metal foil ...
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Biography
In 2002 he married the teammate
Frida Scarpa
Frida Scarpa (born 6 September 1976) is a former Italian fencer who won the World Championships with the national foil team in 2001, and two medals (a bronze individual in 1996 and silver with the team in 2003) at the European Championships.
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, the couple
divorce
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Achievements
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Olympic Games
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Foil team (2004)
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Foil individual (2004)
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Foil individual (2008) and Foil team (2000)
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World Championships
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Foil individual (2001, 2005) and Foil team (2003, 2008)
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Foil team (2005)
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Foil individual (1998) and Foil team (1997, 2006)
See also
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Italy national fencing team – Multiple medallist
References
External links
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Official website
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1975 births
Living people
Italian male fencers
Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers of Italy
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Sportspeople from Pisa
Olympic medalists in fencing
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri