Fencing, Great Italy at European Paralympic Games: federal president’s assessment
Nearly 15 blue medals at European Paralympic fencing
In the aftermath of the conclusion of the Paralympic Fencing European Championships, there is great satisfaction on the part of the Federation for the 15 medals obtained in total by the Italian athletes engaged in Paris. Paolo Azzi, federal president, commented to the official channels of the FIS on what happened in the continental review, held in the same city that will host the Paralympic Games 2024.
Paolo Azzi: "Important successes for Rossana Pasquino, sorry for Bebe Vio"
"An extremely positive balance – said the president of the Italian Fencing Federation. We have equaled the number of medals of the last edition in Warsaw, and in these 15 podiums I like to emphasize that the two successes, both of Rossana Pasquino, came in specialtiesà that fall within the program of the Paralympic Games".
"Also important,” he added, “was the first silver in epee, which had been chasing this great result for a long time. Sorry for the retirement, opportune, of Bebe (Vio, ed.), who had the right caution not to take risks in perspective Paralympics. But the’excellent final result that emerges from this expedition è a testimony to the’excellent work done by our technicians and all the staff".
Final rush towards the Paralympic Games
"Even more beautiful than the medals è is the atmosphere in our Paralympic National Team, always extraordinary, made of cohesion, friendship and mutual support. A great group. Now the final rush towards the Paris Games: we are channeled towards a number of qualifiers that could be record-breaking, so now everything on the’last stage of the World Cup to crown this goal too" concluded the number one of the Federation.
The medals won by Italian athletes at the European Paralympic Games in Paris
2 golds: Rossana Pasquino in women’s epee category B and women’s saber category B
5 silvers: Emanuele Lambertini in men’s foil category A, Leonardo Rigo in men’s foil category C, men’s foil team (Matteo Betti, Emanuele Lambertini, Marco Cima and Michele Massa), Andreea Mogos in women’s foil category A, men’s epee team (Emanuele Lambertini, Edoardo Giordan, Matteo Dei Rossi and Michele Massa)
8 bronze medals: Edoardo Giordan and Matteo Dei Rossi in men’s saber category A, men’s saber team(Edoardo Giordan, Matteo Dei Rossi and Gianmarco Paolucci), Matteo Betti in men’s foil category A, Michele Massa in men’s foil category B, William Russo in men’s foil category C, Matteo Dei Rossi in men’s epee A, Leonardo Rigo in men’s epee C
