Andrea Baldini

About Andrea Baldini

Andrea Baldini is an Italian foil fencer, world champion in 2009 and team Olympic champion in 2012.

Career Highlights:

• Baldini won the silver medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost the final 15–14 versus Peter Joppich. He repeated the same feat a year later at the 2007 World Championships this time losing 15–9 to Joppich.
  
• On 3 October 2009, he finally became World Champion, defeating Andrea Cassarà 15–14 in the quarter-finals, Artem Sedov 15–6 in the semi-finals, and Zhu Jun 15–11 in the final. On the podium, he displayed an Italian flag with lyrics from Bob Dylan's "The Hurricane" written on it.
  
• On July 2010, he won two gold medals at the 2010 European Fencing Championships in Leipzig. On June 2013 he earned a bronze medal at the 2013 European Fencing Championships in Zagreb after he lost his semi-final against Joppich.
  

Andrea Baldini Achievements

Medal record:

Summer Olympics:

2012 Summer Olympics - Gold Medal

World Fencing Championships:

Gold Medal - 3

Silver medal - 4

Bronze medal – 2

European Fencing Championships:

Gold Medal - 6

Silver medal - 1

Bronze medal – 4