Ezio Gamba

Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympic Games (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). Gamba claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.

Biography 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 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.

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

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 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