Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in

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) 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.

Biography

In 1984 at 22 he competed at the Los Angeles Olympic Games winning gold in the individual and team

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events. 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. He competed in the individual foil event at the Mediterranean Games in

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where he won a bronze medal and in

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where he won a gold medal. 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

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Foil (1982, 1983, 1985)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Numa, Mauro 1961 births Living people Italian male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Venice Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade People from Mestre Fencers at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Fencers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing 20th-century Italian sportsmen