Ezio Gamba
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 December 1958 Brescia, Italy |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Italy |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –71 kg |
| Club | C.S. Carabinieri |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (1980) |
| World Champ. | 
(1979, 1983) |
| European Champ. | 
(1982) |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 387 |
| JudoInside.com | 5324 |
| Updated on 19 June 2023 | |
Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympic Games (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988).[1] Gamba claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (–71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.
Biography
[edit]Four years later in Los Angeles, California, Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's Ahn Byeong-Keun in the final.
He is the current trainer of the Russian National Judo team.[2] In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.[3]
In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[4]
International medals
[edit]- Gold
- 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany
- 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
- 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland*
- Silver
- 88 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France, defeating G. Gevechanov from Bulgaria
- 84 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 83 World Championships (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
- 83 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
- 79 World Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
- 79 European Championships (71 kg) - Brussels, Belgium
- 78 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Miskolc, Hungary
- 77 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Berlin, Germany
- 76 Jr. World Championships (78 kg) - Madrid, Spain
- Bronze
- 86 European Championships (71 kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ezio Gamba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Главным тренером мужской сборной России по дзюдо стал итальянец
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 июня 2013 года № 525 «О награждении орденом Дружбы иностранных граждан» Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Путин вручил главному тренеру сборной России по дзюдо Гамбе паспорт РФ". РИА Новости.
External links
[edit]- Ezio Gamba at the International Judo Federation
- Ezio Gamba at JudoInside.com
- Ezio Gamba at Olympics.com
- Ezio Gamba at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Ezio Gamba at Olympedia
- Ezio Gamba at InterSportStats
- Ezio Gamba at The-Sports.org
- Ezio Gamba at RealJudo.net (archived)
1964: –68 kg • 1972–1976: –63 kg • 1980–1996: –71 kg • 2000–: –73 kg | |
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Italian male judoka
- Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Sportspeople from Brescia
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Naturalized citizens of Russia
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Judoka of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen