A few months from Paris 2024 Olympics there fencing Azzurra loses one of its spearheads: the foil player Daniele Garozzo surprisingly announced withdraw from sporting activity due to a health problem. “My Heart self ‘injured‘” he explained in the letter farewell to foil.
Garozzo announces retirement: no to the Paris 2024 Olympics
L’Italy from the fencing he won’t be able to count on Daniele Garozzo see you next time Olympic Games Of Paris 2024. The foil player Sicilian has not only announced that he will not participate in the Games on French soil, scheduled for July, but has also communicated his withdraw from competitive activity: “My heart got ‘injured’”, declared Garozzo, who won gold in foil in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and silver a Tokyo 2020.
Garozzo, withdrawal due to “injured” heart
“The time has come to announce mine withdraw from competitive activity and there are many emotions I feel – explains Garozzo in the letter opened on social media with which he announced his farewell to fencing – . It’s a decision that arose from circumstances beyond my control, my own Heart Yes is ‘injured‘, but which I accept with serenity. In all these years, I have been lucky enough to experience an extraordinary adventure in the world of sport, culminating in the victory of an Olympic gold and silver. It was a journey made of sacrifices, commitment and passion, joys, satisfactions and friendships that I would never have imagined.”
In the letter Garozzo retraces his career from the beginning in Acireale to the Olympic medals. “Those who know me know how much I love fencing – he adds -. I loved her with tireless dedication and with all my heart, and I worked hard, but all of this brought me to the results I had dreamed of. Now, as I close this chapter of my life as an athlete, I am grateful for every moment and experience that has made me the person I am today. Looking to the future, I had already decided for some time to dedicate my professional life to medicine, today with an even clearer objective: to study and disseminate the often unknown cardiological conditions that can afflict the sporting population”.
Federscherma, the message for Garozzo
After Garozzo’s statements, the Federscherma published a note signed by President Paolo Azzi to thank the extraordinary Sicilian champion. “Daniele Garozzo was, remains and will always be aicon of Italian fencing – Azzi’s words – . And even in these hours of infinite sorrow at the announcement of his retirement from competitive activity, I feel immense pride in knowing that a Sample with a capital initial like him represents an example that our sport should be proud of. Olympian and Doctor, he is experiencing such a delicate, terrible moment, with a giant’s lucidity, seriousness and human depth.”
Garozzo’s career victories
Born on 4 August 1992 in Catania, in addition to the two Olympic medals Garozzo has won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals in his career World Cup and 3 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals Europeans. On the national field, he was 6 times Italian champion in foil.
