Ezio Gamba
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Italy
| ||
| Men's Judo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1980 Moscow | Lightweight |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1984 Los Angeles | Lightweight |
| World Championships | ||
| | 1976 Madrid | Lightweight |
| | 1979 Paris | Lightweight |
| | 1983 Moscow | Lightweight |
| European Judo Championships | ||
| | 1982 Rostock | Lightweight |
| | 1977 Berlin | Lightweight |
| | 1979 Brussels | Lightweight |
| | 1983 Paris | Lightweight |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1986 Belgrade | Lightweight |
Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958, in Brescia) 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.
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. In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[1]
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