Ezio Gamba

Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). He claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (– 71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.

Ezio Gamba
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1958-12-02) 2 December 1958
Brescia, Italy
Sport
Country Italy
SportJudo
ClubC.S. Carabinieri
Medal record
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Lightweight
1984 Los Angeles Lightweight
World Championships
1976 Madrid Lightweight
1979 Paris Lightweight
1983 Moscow Lightweight
European Judo Championships
1982 Rostock Lightweight
1977 Berlin Lightweight
1979 Brussels Lightweight
1983 Paris Lightweight
1986 Belgrade Lightweight

Biography

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.[1] In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.[2]

In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[3]

International medals
Gold
  • 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany
  • 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
  • 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland*
Silver
  • 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
  1. Главным тренером мужской сборной России по дзюдо стал итальянец
  2. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 июня 2013 года № 525 «О награждении орденом Дружбы иностранных граждан» Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Путин вручил главному тренеру сборной России по дзюдо Гамбе паспорт РФ". РИА Новости.


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