Paolo Fucile (born June 29, 1981, in Catania) is a retired amateur Italian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category.[3] He represented his nation Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later scored a bronze medal in the 60-kg division at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara. Having worked as a police officer for Polizia di Stato, Fucile trained full-time for the wrestling squad at Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro in Rome, under head coach Mauro Massaro.[2][4]
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| Full name | Paolo Fucile | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1981 Catania, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Oro[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Mauro Massaro[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editFucile qualified for the Italian squad in the men's 60 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he finished third from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro to guarantee his spot on the Italian wrestling team.[5][6] Fucile lost his opening match to 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Akaki Chachua of Georgia on technical superiority, and could not score enough points to tame Kazakhstan's Nurlan Koizhaiganov by a 7–0 deficit, leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing last out of 22 wrestlers in the final standings.[7][8]
When Italy hosted the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Fucile overpowered his opponents to pick up a bronze medal in the 60-kg division, to the delight of the home crowd.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Lotta" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ a b "CONI Profile – Paolo Fucile" (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paolo Fucile". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Lotta: la Coppa Italia di greco romana è delle Fiamme oro" [Wrestling: Fiamme Oro wins the Italian Greco-Roman Cup] (in Italian). Polizia di Stato. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (16 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 60 kg/132 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Lotta, greco-romana: Fucile e Minguzzi alle Olimpiadi" [Greco-Roman wrestling: Minguzzi and Fucile qualify for the Olympics] (in Italian). La Repubblica. 29 February 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 60kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Lotta grecoromana: Fucile eliminato" [Greco-Roman wrestling: Fucile eliminated] (in Italian). La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Pescara 2009, Lotta Greco-Romana: Fucile vince il bronzo" [Pescara 2009: Fucile wins the bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling] (in Italian). La Repubblica. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
External links
edit- Paolo Fucile at the International Wrestling Database
- Paolo Fucile at Olympics.com
- Paolo Fucile at Olympedia
