Ezio Gamba

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.^[1] In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.^[2]

In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.^[3]

Gold

• 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany
• 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
• 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland*

Silver

• 88 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France, defeating G. Gevechanov from Bulgaria
• 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