Ezio Gamba is a retired judoka from Italy

Italy

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, 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

Los Angeles, California

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 Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's Ahn Byeong-Keun

Ahn Byeong-Keun

Ahn Byeong-keun is a retired judoka from South Korea, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics. There he claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division by defeating Italy's Ezio Gamba in the final.-References:...

in the final.

International medals

GOLD

82 European Championships (71kg) - Rostock, Germany

80 Olympic Games (71kg) - Moscow, Russia

80 Dutch Open (71kg) – Den Haag, Holland

SILVER

84 Olympic Games (71kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA

83 World Championships (71kg) - Moscow, Russia

83 European Championships (71kg) - Paris, France

79 World Championships (71kg) - Paris, France

79 European Championships (71kg) - Brussels, Belgium

78 Jr. European Championships (71kg) – Miskolc, Hungary

77 Jr. European Championships (71kg) – Berlin, Germany

76 Jr. World Championships (78kg) - Madrid, Spain

BRONZE

86 European Championships (71kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia