Ezio Gamba

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 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.

82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany

80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia

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

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

86 European Championships (71 kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia