MARCO FICHERA

SPECIALITY Epee team, Epee individual

Date of birth: 04/09/1993

Place of birth: Catania

Height x weight: 1,81 x 80

First Club: Club Scherma Acireale

Club: Fiamme Oro

First Coach: Domenico Patti

Coach: Andrea Candiani

Other sports: Football

Hobby: Politics

Relationship Status: Single

Olympic Club: Yes

Olympic Games Participation:

1 (Rio 2016)

Biography

At the age of 7, he experimented with fencing in the Acireale Fencing Club gym and at once demonstrated a great aptitude for this sport. A true devil/savage with the sword ion the youth categories. The two gold medals won in the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games, alongside the Silver team medal won in the Olympics in Rio in 2016, stand out amongst his achievements. In December 2018 he graduated in Political Science having written his thesis, entitled “The 1972 Olympics, between sport and politics" on the Olympic Games in Munich, dedicating this new milestone/achievement to all student-athletes who are able to continue in their studies alongside competitive activity despite the many difficulties. In the same year, the international federation awarded him the Fair Play prize for admitting a "no touch" during the final of the World Cup in Bogotà: "I opted for a just defeat over an undeserved victory."

Palmares

Print

Olympic Games

26° Rio (BRA) 2016 – Individuale
Rio (BRA) 2016 – Squadra

World Championships

6° Kazan (RUS) 2014 – Squadra
72° Kazan (RUS) 2014 – Individuale
13° Mosca (RUS) 2015 – Individuale
4° Mosca (RUS) 2015 – Squadra
9° Lipsia (GER) 2017 – Individuale
5° Lipsia (GER) 2017 – Squadra
18° Wuxi (CHN) 2018 – Individuale
6° Wuxi (CHN) 2018 – Squadra
64° Budapest (HUN) 2019 – Individuale
5° Budapest (HUN) 2019 – Squadra

European Championships

19° Strasburgo (FRA) 2014 – Individuale
11° Strasburgo (FRA) 2014 – Squadra
19° Montreux (SUI) 2015 – Individuale
12° Montreux (SUI) 2015 – Squadra
11° Tbilisi (GEO) 2017 – Individuale
7° Tbilisi (GEO) 2017 – Squadra
12° Novi Sad (SRB) 2018 – Individuale
Novi Sad (SRB) 2018 – Squadra
28° Dusseldorf (GER) 2019 – Individuale
5° Dusseldorf (GER) 2019 – Squadra

World Cup

4° 2016-2017
17° 2017-2018
22° 2018-2019

Other Games

Giochi Olimpici Giovanili - Youth Olympic Games

Singapore (SGP) 2010 – Individuale
Singapore (SGP) 2010 – Squadra

Giochi Europei - European Games

6° Baku (AZE) 2015 – Individuale
Baku (AZE) 2015 – Squadra