Angelo Mazzoni

{{Short description|Italian fencer (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Angelo Mazzoni | image = Angelo Mazzoni Challenge SNCF Reseau 2015 ind t091653.jpg | full_name = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|4|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.83 m | weight = 77 kg | website = | country = | weapon = Épée | hand = Right-handed | club = CS Carabinieri | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's épée fencing}} {{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1996 Atlanta | Team épée}} {{MedalGold| 2000 Sydney | Team épée}} {{MedalBronze| 1984 Los Angeles | Team épée}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|1989 Denver|Team épée}} {{MedalGold|1990 Lyon|Team épée}} {{MedalGold|1993 Essen|Team épée}} {{MedalSilver|1985 Barcelona|Team épée}} {{MedalSilver|1990 Lyon|Individual épée}} {{MedalBronze|1983 Vienna|Individual épée}} {{MedalBronze|1983 Vienna|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|1986 Sofia|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|1997 Cape Town|Team épée}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|1981 Foggia|Individual épée}} {{MedalSilver|1983 Madeira|Individual épée}} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{MedalSilver|1983 Casablanca|Individual épée}} {{MedalBronze|1991 Athens|Individual épée}} | show-medals = }} '''Angelo Mazzoni''' (born 3 April 1961, in Milan) is an Italian épée fencer who competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1980 and 2000, winning gold medals in 1996 and 2000.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/angelo-mazzoni-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200822/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/angelo-mazzoni-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Angelo Mazzoni |access-date=24 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="databaseolympics">{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAZZOANG01 |title=Angelo Mazzoni |access-date=24 April 2011 |work=databaseOlympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019021717/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAZZOANG01 |archive-date=19 October 2012 }}</ref>

== Career == ===Fencing career=== Mazzoni was the eighth fencer, and the first Italian fencer, to compete at six Olympics. He was the third Italian, after Piero and Raimondo D'Inzeo, to compete at six Olympics.

At the World Championships, Mazzoni placed third in 1983 and second in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html |title=Fencing: World Championships: Men: Epee |website=Sports123.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012040805/http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html |archive-date=12 October 2009}}</ref> At the European Championships, he came in first in 1981 and third in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports123.com/fen/me-ep.html |title=Fencing: European Championships: Men: Epee |website=Sports123.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720113210/http://sports123.com/fen/me-ep.html |archive-date=20 July 2009}}</ref>

Mazzoni competed in the Individual épée event at the Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal in 1983 and a bronze medal in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Angelo Mazzoni |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22686 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>

He was coached by Italian coach Gianni Muzio.

===Coaching career=== In February 2008, Mazzoni and Muzio were hired by the Fencing Federation of Switzerland to be in charge of coaching the Switzerland men's and women's teams for the 2012 London Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swiss-fencing.ch/fr/news.php?id=0000000322 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003601/http://www.swiss-fencing.ch/fr/news.php?id=0000000322 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 July 2011 |title=Engagement de nouveaux entraîneurs nationaux |publisher=Fédération Suisse d'Escrime |website=Swiss-fencing.ch }}</ref> In April 2014, Mazzoni decided to leave Switzerland, and expressed a desire to return to Italy mainly for family reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swiss-fencing.ch/lentraineur-national-angelo-mazzoni-quitte-la-suisse/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005131/http://www.swiss-fencing.ch/lentraineur-national-angelo-mazzoni-quitte-la-suisse/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2014 |title=L’entraîneur national, Angelo Mazzoni, quitte la Suisse |publisher=Fédération Suisse d'Escrime |website=Swiss-fencing.ch }}</ref>

After the 2014 World Fencing Championships, the Russian Fencing Federation announced Mazzoni as the new coach of the Russian senior men's épée team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=84747|script-title=ru:Ильгар Мамедов: итальянец Маццони назначен старшим тренером мужской команды шпажистов, корректировки возможны в тренерском штабе команды саблистов|work=allsportinfo.ru|date=24 July 2014|language=ru}}</ref>

Since 2022 he has been coaching the Israeli fencing team, including epee fencer, Yuval Freilich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://academyoffencingmasters.com/blog/victory-change-and-paris-2024-with-grand-prix-champion-yuval-freilich/|title=Victory, Change, and Paris 2024 with Grand Prix Champion Yuval Freilich|date=12 February 2024|website=Academy of Fencing Masters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/athletes/18683|title= The International Fencing Federation official website|website= The International Fencing Federation }}</ref><ref>[https://fie.org/athletes/24944/profile "FREILICH YUVAL SHALOM"]</ref>

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== External links == * {{FIE|4575}} * {{EFC|00728728}} * {{Olympics.com|angelo-mazzoni}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{CONI|new_id=1163|old_id=673}}

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