Ezio Gamba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ezio Gamba

judoka

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1958

Place of Birth: Brescia, Lombardy, Italy

Profession: coach, judoka

Nationality: Italy, Russia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.