Luigi Samele (fencer)

Luigi Samele
Personal information
Born 25 July 1987
Foggia, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
Sport Fencing
Weapon Sabre
Hand left-handed
Club Fiamme Gialle
FIE ranking current ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Individual
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Leipzig Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cairo Team
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Zagreb Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Torun Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Chicago Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cancun Individual

Luigi "Gigi" Samele (born 25 July 1987) is an Italian left-handed sabre fencer, three-time team European champion, two-time Olympian, and three-time Olympic medalist.

He is dating Ukrainian four-time world champion sabre fencer Olha Kharlan, and they live in Bologna, Italy.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2012 London, United Kingdom Team Men's Sabre 3rd
2021 Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
2021 Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Sabre 2nd

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2010 Paris, France Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2017 Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 3rd
2018 Wuxi, China Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2019 Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 3rd

European Championship

Year Location Event Position
2010 Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Sabre 1st
2013 Zagreb, Croatia Team Men's Sabre 1st
2014 Strasbourg, France Team Men's Sabre 1st
2016 Toruń, Poland Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2017 Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2018 Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2019 Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Sabre 3rd

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
2010-02-12 Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2013-01-19 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2014-03-08 Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2014-05-17 Warsaw, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2016-12-16 Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2020-01-10 Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Sabre 3rd

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
2009-01-31 Athens, Greece Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2009-06-19 Dallas, Texas Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2010-06-13 Margarita Island, Venezuela Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
2013-05-03 Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2014-02-14 Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2014-05-02 Chicago, Illinois Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2018-11-16 Algier, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
2019-11-15 Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 2nd