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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1958 Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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
- ^ 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.
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