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Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow Olympic Games due to the boycott.

Mauro Numa

Personal information
Born	(1961-11-18) 18 November 1961 (age 60) Mestre, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Foil
Medal record Olympic Games 2 (1 individual) 0 (0 individual) 0 (0 individual) World Championships 4 (1 individual) 3 (1 individual) 3 (2 individual) European Championships 1 (1 individual) 0 (0 individual) 0 (0 individual)

Biography

In 1984 at 22 he competed at the Los Angeles Olympic Games winning gold in the individual and team foil events.[1][2] In the final for the Individual Title Numa won over Matthias Behr. Less than 1 minute before the end Behr was 4 points up but Numa caught his opponent and eventually won in the tie break with the final score of 12-11.

In the following years Numa confirmed to be one of the strongest in Foil Individual winning medals in Clermont-Ferrand 1982, in Barcelona 1985, in Sofia 1986, in Denver 1989 World Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
1979	World Championships	Melbourne	2nd	Foil team
1981	World Championships	Clermont-Ferrand	2nd	Foil team
1982	World Championships	Rome	2nd	Foil individual
			3d	Foil Team
	European Championships	Mödling	1st	Foil individual
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	1st	Foil individual
			1st	Foil Team
1985	World Championships	Barcelona	1st	Foil individual
			1st	Foil Team
1986	World Championships	Sofia	3d	Foil individual
			1st	Foil Team
1989	World Championships	Denver	3d	Foil individual
1990	World Championships	Lyon	1st	Foil team

Fencing World Cup

• Foil (1982, 1983, 1985)

References

External links

• Mauro Numa at Olympedia
• Mauro Numa at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Mauro Numa at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)

На других языках

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- [en] Mauro Numa

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[fr] Mauro Numa

Mauro Numa (né le 18 novembre 1961 à Mestre) est un escrimeur italien pratiquant le fleuret. Il a été double champion olympique au fleuret en 1984 lors des Jeux olympiques de Los Angeles.

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[it] Mauro Numa

Mauro Numa (Venezia, 18 novembre 1961) è uno schermidore italiano, campione olimpico e campione del mondo nella disciplina del fioretto.

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