Guillaume Bianchi
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 26)
Rome
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportFencing
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 0
Universiade 1 1 1
World Cup 0 0 1
Total 2 1 2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Plovdiv Individual
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Team

Guillaume Bianchi (born 30 July 1997) is an Italian fencer who won an individual silver medal and a team gold at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[1][2][3][4]

His first podium at the World Cup, was in 2018 in Bonn.[5] He also won the gold team medal at 2018 European Fencing Under 23 Championships.

Biography

Born in Rome, he currently lives in Frascati where he trains at Frascati Scherma. He is studying at Sapienza University of Rome. As a junior, he won individual bronze medal at the 2017 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships.[6] He competed at the 2017–18 Fencing World Cup.[7]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2017 Universiade Chinese Taipei Taipei 3rd Foil Team
2018 World Cup Germany Bonn 3rd Foil [8]
2019 Universiade Italy Naples 2nd Foil
1st Foil Team

See also

References

  1. ^ "Napoli 2019 - Medal Italy". universiade2019napoli.it. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Universiade, doppietta nel fioretto: oro a Rosatelli, argento a Bianchi". Repubblica Tv - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ "Scherma, Universiadi 2019: poker di medaglie. Rosatelli oro, argento per Bianchi e Lucarini, bronzo di Battiston". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. ^ "Hosts Italy secure final golds to confirm fencing domination at 2019 FISU Summer Universiade". eurosport.com.
  5. ^ "Scherma, Coppa del Mondo Bonn 2018: primo podio in carriera per Guillaume Bianchi! Il 20enne azzurro è terzo, successo del russo Alexey Cheremisinov – OA Sport". www.oasport.it.
  6. ^ "Frascati Scherma, Guillaume Bianchi Re d'Europa". March 14, 2017.
  7. ^ Jomantas, Nicole (2017-10-25). "U.S. Men's Foil Team Wins Gold in Cairo, Regains World No. 1". USA Fencing. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  8. ^ "COPPA DEL MONDO - FIORETTO MASCHILE - A BONN TERZO POSTO PER GUILLAUME BIANCHI. MIGLIOR RISULTATO IN CARRIERA PER L'AZZURRO CLASSE 1997" (in Italian). federscherma.it. Retrieved 30 July 2019.