Andrea Baldini

Medal record
Competitor for Italy
Men's Fencing
World Championships
Silver	2005 Leipzig	Team foil
Silver	2006 Turin	Foil
Bronze	2006 Turin	Team foil
Silver	2007 St. Petersburg	Foil
Gold	2009 Antalya	Foil
Gold	2009 Antalya	Team Foil
Silver	2010 Paris	Team Foil
European Championships
Bronze	Copenhagen 2004	Team foil
Gold	Zalaegerszeg 2005	Team foil
Bronze	Zalaegerszeg 2005	Foil
Gold	Gand 2007	Foil
Bronze	Gand 2007	Team foil
Gold	Plovdiv 2009	Foil
Gold	Plovdiv 2009	Team foil
Gold	Leipzig 2010	Foil
Men's Foil Individual Grand Prix
Bronze	Le Caire 2006
Silver	St. Petersburg 2006
Silver	Valencia 2006
Bronze	Le Caire 2007
Silver	Havana 2007
Gold	Paris 2008
Bronze	St. Petersburg 2008
Bronze	Shanghai 2008
Silver	Havana 2008
Bronze	Tokyo 2009

Andrea Baldini (born 19 December 1985 in Livorno) is an Italian foil fencer.

Baldini won the silver medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost the final 15-14 versus Peter Joppich. He repeated the same feat a year later at the 2007 World Championships this time losing 15–9 to Joppich.

On 1 August 2008 it was announced that Baldini had failed a drug test, and as a result had to relinquish his potential participation in the Beijing Olympics. Andrea Cassarà went in his place. The next year he was completely cleared of all accusations, and was readmitted to competitions, winning two gold medals at the European Championships in Plovdiv (individual and team). This time he eliminated Joppich in the quarter-finals.

On 3 October 2009, he finally became World Champion, defeating Andrea Cassarà 15-14 in the quarter-finals, Artem Sedov 15-6 in the semi-finals, and Zhu Jun 15-11 in the final. On the podium, he displayed an Italian flag with lyrics from Bob Dylan's "The Hurricane" written on it.

On July 2010, he wins two gold medals at the 2010 European Fencing Championships in Leipzig.

External links

• (Italian) Personal data