Alessio Foconi Explained
Alessio Foconi |
Country: | Italy |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1989 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Weapon: | Foil |
Hand: | right-handed |
Club: | CS Terni / CS Aeronautica Militare |
Natlcoach: | Andrea Cipressa |
Headcoach: | Giulio Tomassini |
Fieranking: | current ranking |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Alessio Foconi (born 22 November 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer and 2021 Olympian.
Foconi is a 2022 team European champion, 2019 individual European champion, three-time team world champion, and 2018 individual world champion.[1]
Career
Born in Rome, Foconi took up fencing in Terni, Umbria. He was coached in his formative years by Filippo Romagnoli and Giulio Tomassini.
In 2008 he created an upset at the Espinho World Cup after defeating Renal Ganeyev, Ruslan Nasibulin and Choi Byung-chul. He was stopped in the semifinals by fellow countryman and team Olympic champion Simone Vanni and came away with a bronze medal.[2] The next year he won a team bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Amsterdam and an individual bronze and a team gold at the Junior World Championships in Belfast.
In 2010–11 he took another World Cup bronze, this time at the Shanghai Grand Prix, and finished the season 25th in the world rankings. He did not qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics, but maintained his Top 25 ranking. In 2013 he won the Italian championship after defeating Valerio Aspromonte in the final.[3]
In the 2014–15 season Foconi bounced back in the World Cup circuit by posting a quarter-final finish in the Paris World Cup,[4] then a bronze medal in the Löwe von Bonn.[5]
Medal record
World championship
European championship
Grand Prix
World Cup
Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2008-03-15 | Espinho, Portugal | Individual men's foil | 3rd[25] |
2015-02-06 | Bonn, Germany | Individual men's foil | 3rd[26] |
2016-10-21 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual men's foil | 2nd[27] |
2017-10-20 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual men's foil | 2nd[28] |
2018-01-19 | Paris, France | Individual men's foil | 1st[29] |
2018-05-04 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Individual men's foil | 2nd[30] |
2019-01-11 | Paris, France | Individual men's foil | 1st[31] |
2019-01-25 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual men's foil | 3rd[32] |
2019-05-03 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Individual men's foil | 2nd[33] |
2019-11-08 | Bonn, Germany | Individual men's foil | 3rd[34] |
2019-12-13 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual men's foil | 1st[35] |
2020-02-21 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual men's foil | 3rd[36] |
2022-01-14 | Paris, France | Individual men's foil | 3rd[37] |
2022-04-29 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Individual men's foil | 1st[38] | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- News: Scherma: Foconi si scopre grande fra i 'grandi' . Leonardo Bordoni . Sport Terni . 17 March 2008 . Italian.
- News: Che Foconi, scala l'Aspromonte ed è oro . Leonardo Bordoni . Giornale dell'Umbria . 30 May 2013 . Italian . 26 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022314/http://www.giornaledellumbria.it/article/article102825.html . 24 September 2015 . dead.
- Web site: Scherma, buon piazzamento in Coppa del mondo per Foconi . Ivano Mari . Terni in rete . 17 January 2015 . Italian . 26 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221141/http://www.terninrete.it/Notizie-di-Terni/scherma-buon-piazzamento-in-coppa-del-mondo-per-foconi-175963 . 3 March 2016 . dead.
- News: Scherma, fioretto, tris d'Italia con trionfo di Cassarà. La Errigo seconda . Stefano Arcobelli . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 7 February 2015 . Italian.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 21 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 23 July 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 3 July 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 15 May 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 22 May 2021 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2 May 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
- Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2 May 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.