Enrico Garozzo (; born 21 June 1989) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.
Garozzo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.
Biography Garozzo won a silver medal at the 2006 Cadets World Fencing Championship in Taebaek, then took the gold at the 2008 Junior World Fencing Championship in his childhood city Acireale.
Amongst seniors, he made his first Fencing World Cup podium in 2010 with a third place in the Grand Prix de Berne. This was followed in the 2011–12 season by a second place at the Jockey Club Argentino.
In the 2012–13 season he placed third in the Heidenheimer Pokal and in the 2013 Mediterranean Games at Mersin. He advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2013 European Championships at Budapest before being stopped by eventual silver medallist Daniel Jerent. In the 2013–14 season, he won a silver medal in the Doha Grand Prix and took a bronze medal at the World Championships in Kazan after losing in the semifinals to South Korea's Park Kyoung-doo. He finished the season 4th in world rankings, a career best.
In the 2014–15 season Garozzo won a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix.
Enrico's younger brother, Daniele, is a foil fencer. He lives in Milan with Estonian fencer Erika Kirpu.
Medal Record
Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTeam Men's Épée2nd
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2014 Kazan, RussiaIndividual Men's Épée3rd
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Men's Épée2nd2018 Novi Sad, SerbiaTeam Men's Épée3rd2019 Düsseldorf, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd
Grand Prix YearLocationEventPosition01/16/2014 Doha, QatarIndividual Men's Épée2nd12/05/2014 Doha, QatarIndividual Men's Épée3rd03/18/2016 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Men's Épée2nd
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition02/27/2010 Bern, SwitzerlandIndividual Men's Épée3rd06/29/2012 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIndividual Men's Épée3rd02/15/2013 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd01/22/2015 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd11/13/2015 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée3rd02/12/2016 Vancouver, CanadaIndividual Men's Épée1st02/08/2019 Vancouver, CanadaIndividual Men's Épée2nd
References
External links
(archive)
Enrico Garozzo at the Federazione Italiana Scherma