Mauro Numa

Mauro Numa

Personal information
Born	8 November 1961 (1961-11-08) (age 50) Mestre, Italy
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Mens' fencing Competitor for  Italy Olympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles Foil Individual Gold 1984 Los Angeles Foil Team World Championships Gold 1985 Barcelona Foil Individual Gold 1985 Barcelona Foil Team Gold 1986 Sofia Foil Team Gold 1990 Lyon Foil Team Bronze 1989 Denver Foil Individual Bronze 1989 Denver Foil Team

Mauro Numa (born November 18, 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.

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 Barcelona 1985, in Sofia 1986, Denver 1989, Lyon 1990 World Championships.

References

1. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Mauro Numa". databaseolympics.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NUMAMAU01. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 
2. ^ "Mauro Numa Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nu/mauro-numa-1.html. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 

Persondata
Name	Numa, Mauro
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Short description
Date of birth	1961-11-8
Place of birth	Mestre, Italy
Date of death
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