Italy national fencing team

Italian team in international fencing competitions

Valentina Vezzali, 44 medals between Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

The Italy national fencing team represents Italy in International fencing competitions such as Olympic Games or World Fencing Championships.

## History

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The national Italian fencing team participated to all the Summer Olympics editions, from Paris 1900, 26 times on 28.[1]

## Medal tables

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Event  | Editions  | 1st edition  | Men  | Women  | Total | Ranking

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Olympic Games | 26  | 1900 | 38  | 40  | 26  | 104 | 12  | 9  | 10  | 31 | 50  | 49  | 36  | 135 | 1st
World Championships | 59  | 1937 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 98  | 97  | 111  | 306 | 1st
European Championships | 22  | 1981 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51  | 28  | 56  | 135 | 1st

## Olympic Games

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### Medals by event

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Event  | Men  | Women

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Épée | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0
Team Épée | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1
Foil | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6
Team Foil | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3
Sabre | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0
Team Sabre | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0
Masters Sabre | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | \-
Total | 38 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 10

### Paris 1900

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Masters Sabre | Antonio Conte | Italo Santelli |

### London 1908

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Event  | Gold
0  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Team Sabre |  | Marcello Bertinetti
Riccardo Nowak
Abelardo Olivier
Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
Sante Ceccherini |

### Stockholm 1912

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil | Nedo Nadi | Pietro Speciale |

### Antwerp 1920

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Event  | Gold
5  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil | Nedo Nadi |  |
Individual Sabre | Nedo Nadi | Aldo Nadi |
Team Foil | Aldo Nadi
Nedo Nadi
Abelardo Olivier
Pietro Speciale
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Oreste Puliti
Tommaso Constantino
Baldo Baldi |  |
Team Épée | Aldo Nadi
Nedo Nadi
Abelardo Olivier
Giovanni Canova
Dino Urbani
Tullio Bozza
Andrea Marrazzi
Antonio Allochio
Tommaso Constantino
Paolo Thaon di Revel |  |
Team Sabre | Aldo Nadi
Nedo Nadi
Francesco Gargano
Oreste Puliti
Giorgio Santelli
Dino Urbani
Federico Cesarano
Baldo Baldi |  |

### Paris 1924

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
0  | Bronze

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Men
Team Épée |  |  | Giulio Basletta
Marcello Bertinetti
Giovanni Canova
Vincenzo Cuccia
Virgilio Mantegazza
Oreste Moricca
Team Sabre | Renato Anselmi
Guido Balzarini
Marcello Bertinetti
Bino Bini
Vincenzo Cuccia
Oreste Moricca
Oreste Puliti
Giulio Sarrocchi |  |

### Los Angeles 1932

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Event  | Gold
2  | Silver
4  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée | Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici |  | Carlo Agostoni
Team Épée |  | Saverio Ragno
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Franco Riccardi
Carlo Agostoni
Renzo Minoli |
Individual Foil | Gustavo Marzi |  | Giulio Gaudini
Team Foil |  | Giulio Gaudini
Gustavo Marzi
Ugo Pignotti
Gioachino Guaragna
Rodolfo Terlizzi
Giorgio Pessina |
Individual Sabre |  | Giulio Gaudini |
Team Sabre |  | Gustavo Marzi
Giulio Gaudini
Renato Anselmi
Emilio Salafia
Arturo De Vecchi
Ugo Pignotti |

### Berlin 1936

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Event  | Gold
4  | Silver
3  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée | Franco Riccardi | Saverio Ragno | Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Team Épée | Alfredo Pezzana
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Saverio Ragno
Giancarlo C. Cornaggia-Medici
Giancarlo Brusati
Franco Riccardi |  |
Individual Foil | Giulio Gaudini |  | Giorgio Bocchino
Team Foil | Giorgio Bocchino
Manlio Di Rosa
Gioachino Guaragna
Ciro Verratti
Giulio Gaudini
Gustavo Marzi |  |
Individual Sabre |  | Gustavo Marzi |
Team Sabre |  | Vincenzo Pinton
Aldo Masciotta
Athos Tanzini
Aldo Montano
Gustavo Marzi
Giulio Gaudini |

### London 1948

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
4  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée | Luigi Cantone |  | Edoardo Mangiarotti
Team Épée |  | Luigi Cantone
Marc Antonio Mandruzzato
Carlo Agostoni
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fiorenzo Marini
Dario Mangiarotti |
Team Foil |  | Saverio Ragno
Renzo Nostini
Manlio Di Rosa
Giorgio Pellini
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Giuliano Nostini |
Individual Sabre |  | Vincenzo Pinton |
Team Sabre |  | Carlo Turcato
Gastone Darè
Vincenzo Pinton
Mauro Racca
Renzo Nostini
Aldo Montano |

### Helsinki 1952

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
4  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée | Edoardo Mangiarotti | Dario Mangiarotti |
Team Épée | Roberto Battaglia
Carlo Pavesi
Franco Bertinetti
Giuseppe Delfino
Dario Mangiarotti
Edoardo Mangiarotti |  |
Individual Foil |  | Edoardo Mangiarotti | Manlio Di Rosa
Team Foil |  | Giancarlo Bergamini
Antonio Spallino
Manlio Di Rosa
Giorgio Pellini
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Renzo Nostini |
Team Sabre |  | Giorgio Pellini
Vincenzo Pinton
Renzo Nostini
Mauro Racca
Gastone Darè
Roberto Ferrari |
Women
Individual Foil | Irene Camber |  |

### Melbourne 1956

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
2  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée |  | Giancarlo Bergamini | Antonio Spallino
Team Épée | Vittorio Lucarelli
Luigi Arturo Carpaneda
Manlio Di Rosa
Giancarlo Bergamini
Antonio Spallino
Edoardo Mangiarotti |  |
Individual Foil | Carlo Pavesi | Giuseppe Delfino | Edoardo Mangiarotti
Team Foil | Giuseppe Delfino
Franco Bertinetti
Alberto Pellegrino
Giorgio Anglesio
Carlo Pavesi
Edoardo Mangiarotti |  |

### Rome 1960

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Event  | Gold
2  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée | Giuseppe Delfino |  |
Team Épée | Giuseppe Delfino
Alberto Pellegrino
Carlo Pavesi
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fiorenzo Marini
Gianluigi Saccaro |  |
Team Foil |  | Alberto Pellegrino
Luigi Carpaneda
Mario Curletto
Aldo Aureggi
Edoardo Mangiarotti |
Individual Sabre |  |  | Wladimiro Calarese
Team Sabre |  |  | Wladimiro Calarese
Giampaolo Calanchini
Pierluigi Chicca
Roberto Ferrari
Mario Ravagnan
Women
Team Foil |  |  | Bruna Colombetti
Velleda Cesari
Claudia Pasini
Irene Camber
Antonella Ragno

### Tokyo 1964

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Event  | Gold
0  | Silver
2  | Bronze

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Men
Team Épée |  | Giovan Battista Breda
Giuseppe Delfino
Gianfranco Paolucci
Alberto Pellegrino
Gianluigi Saccaro |
Team Sabre |  | Giampaolo Calanchini
Wladimiro Calarese
Pier-Luigi Chicca
Mario Ravagnan
Cesare Salvadori |
Women
Individual Foil |  |  | Antonella Ragno

### Mexico City 1968

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Event  | Gold
0  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée |  |  | Gianluigi Saccaro
Team Sabre |  | Wladimiro Calarese
Giampaolo Calanchini
Pierluigi Chicca
Roberto Ferrari
Mario Ravagnan |

### Munich 1972

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Event  | Gold
2  | Silver
0  | Bronze

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Men
Team Sabre | Michele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Tullio Montano
Rolando Rigoli
Cesare Salvadori |  |
Women
Individual Foil | Antonella Ragno |  |

### Montreal 1976

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
3  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil | Fabio Dal Zotto |  |
Team Foil |  | Fabio dal Zotto
Carlo Montano
Stefano Simoncelli
Giovanni Battista Coletti
Attilio Calatroni |
Team Sabre |  | Mario Aldo Montano
Michele Maffei
Angelo Arcidiacono
Tommaso Montano
Mario Tullio Montano |
Women
Individual Foil |  | Maria Consolata Collino |

### Moscow 1980

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Event  | Gold
0  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Team Sabre |  | Michele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Marco Romano
Ferdinando Meglio |

### Los Angeles 1984

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Team Épée |  |  | Stefano Bellone
Sandro Cuomo
Cosimo Ferro
Roberto Manzi
Angelo Mazzoni
Individual Foil | Mauro Numa |  | Stefano Cerioni
Team Foil | Mauro Numa
Andrea Borella
Stefano Cerioni
Angelo Scuri
Andrea Cipressa |  |
Individual Sabre |  | Marco Marin |
Team Sabre | Marco Marin
Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Giovanni Scalzo
Ferdinando Meglio
Angelo Arcidiacono |  |
Women
Individual Foil |  |  | Dorina Vaccaroni

### Seoul 1988

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil | Stefano Cerioni |  |
Individual Sabre |  |  | Giovanni Scalzo
Team Sabre |  |  | Massimo Cavaliere
Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Marco Marin
Ferdinando Meglio
Giovanni Scalzo
Women
Team Foil |  | Francesca Bortolozzi
Annapia Gandolfi
Lucia Traversa
Dorina Vaccaroni
Margherita Zalaffi |

### Barcelona 1992

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Event  | Gold
2  | Silver
1  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Sabre |  | Marco Marin |
Women
Individual Foil | Giovanna Trillini |  |
Team Foil | Diana Bianchedi
Francesca Bortolozzi
Giovanna Trillini
Dorina Vaccaroni
Margherita Zalaffi |  |

### Atlanta 1996

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
2  | Bronze

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Men
Team Épée | Sandro Cuomo
Angelo Mazzoni
Maurizio Randazzo |  |
Individual Foil | Alessandro Puccini |  |
Team Sabre |  |  | Raffaello Caserta
Luigi Tarantino
Toni Terenzi
Women
Team Épée |  | Laura Chiesa
Elisa Uga
Margherita Zalaffi |
Individual Foil |  | Valentina Vezzali | Giovanna Trillini
Team Foil | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella
Giovanna Trillini
Valentina Vezzali |  |

### Sydney 2000

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
0  | Bronze

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Men
Team Épée | Angelo Mazzoni
Paolo Milanoli
Maurizio Randazzo
Alfredo Rota |  |
Team Foil |  |  | Daniele Crosta
Gabriele Magni
Salvatore Sanzo
Matteo Zennaro
Women
Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali |  | Giovanna Trillini
Team Foil | Diana Bianchedi
Giovanna Trillini
Valentina Vezzali |  |

### Athens 2004

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
3  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil |  | Salvatore Sanzo | Andrea Cassarà
Team Foil | Salvatore Sanzo
Andrea Cassarà
Simone Vanni |  |
Individual Sabre | Aldo Montano |  |
Team Sabre |  | Aldo Montano
Giampiero Pastore
Luigi Tarantino |
Women
Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali | Giovanna Trillini |

### Beijing 2008

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Event  | Gold
2  | Silver
0  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Épée | Matteo Tagliariol |  |
Team Épée |  |  | Stefano Carozzo
Diego Confalonieri
Alfredo Rota
Matteo Tagliariol
Individual Foil |  |  | Salvatore Sanzo
Team Sabre |  |  | Aldo Montano
Luigi Tarantino
Giampiero Pastore
Diego Occhiuzzi
Women
Individual Foil | Valentina Vezzali |  | Margherita Granbassi
Team Foil |  |  | Valentina Vezzali
Giovanna Trillini
Margherita Granbassi
Ilaria Salvatori

### London 2012

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Event  | Gold
3  | Silver
2  | Bronze

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Men
Team Foil | Valerio Aspromonte
Giorgio Avola
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Cassarà |  |
Individual Sabre |  | Diego Occhiuzzi |
Team Sabre |  |  | Aldo Montano
Diego Occhiuzzi
Luigi Tarantino
Luigi Samele
Women
Individual Foil | Elisa Di Francisca | Arianna Errigo | Valentina Vezzali
Team Foil | Elisa Di Francisca
Arianna Errigo
Valentina Vezzali
Ilaria Salvatori |  |

### Rio 2016

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
3  | Bronze

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Men
Team Épée |  | Enrico Garozzo
Marco Fichera
Paolo Pizzo
Andrea Santarelli |
Individual Foil | Daniele Garozzo |  |
Women
Individual Épée |  | Rossella Fiamingo |
Individual Foil |  | Elisa Di Francisca |

### Tokyo 2020

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Event  | Gold
0  | Silver
3  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil |  | Daniele Garozzo |
Individual Sabre |  | Luigi Samele |
Team Sabre |  | Luca Curatoli
Luigi Samele
Enrico Berrè
Aldo Montano |
Women
Team Épée |  |  | Rossella Fiamingo
Federica Isola
Mara Navarria
Alberta Santuccio
Team Foil |  |  | Erica Cipressa
Arianna Errigo
Martina Batini
Alice Volpi

### Paris 2024

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Event  | Gold
1  | Silver
3  | Bronze

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Men
Individual Foil |  | Filippo Macchi |
Individual Sabre |  |  | Luigi Samele
Team Foil |  | Guillaume Bianchi
Filippo Macchi
Tommaso Marini
Alessio Foconi |
Women
Team Épée | Rossella Fiamingo
Mara Navarria
Giulia Rizzi
Alberta Santuccio |  |
Team Foil |  | Arianna Errigo
Martina Favaretto
Alice Volpi
Francesca Palumbo |

## Multiple medalists

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### Olympic Games

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The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.[2]

#  | Fencer | Individual | Team | Total

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1 | Valentina Vezzali | 3 | 1 | 1  | 3 | 0 | 1  | 6 | 1 | 2
2 | Nedo Nadi | 3 | 0 | 0  | 3 | 0 | 0  | 6 | 0 | 0
3 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | 1 | 1 | 2  | 5 | 4 | 0  | 6 | 5 | 2
4 | Giovanna Trillini | 1 | 1 | 2  | 3 | 0 | 1  | 4 | 1 | 3
5 | Giulio Gaudini | 1 | 1 | 2  | 2 | 3 | 0  | 3 | 4 | 2
6 | Giuseppe Delfino | 1 | 1 | 0  | 3 | 1 | 0  | 4 | 2 | 0
7 | Gustavo Marzi | 1 | 1 | 0  | 1 | 4 | 0  | 2 | 5 | 0

### World Championships

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The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.[3][4]

#  | Fencer | Individual | Team | Total

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1 | Valentina Vezzali | 6 | 2 | 4  | 10 | 5 | 0  | 16 | 7 | 4
2 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | 2 | 5 | 2  | 11 | 3 | 3  | 13 | 8 | 5
3 | Giovanna Trillini | 2 | 2 | 4  | 7 | 3 | 1  | 9 | 5 | 5
4 | Salvatore Sanzo | 2 | 0 | 1  | 2 | 1 | 2  | 4 | 1 | 3
5 | Aldo Montano, Sr. | 2 | 0 | 0  | 3 | 1 | 0  | 5 | 1 | 0
6 | Mario Aldo Montano | 2 | 0 | 0  | 0 | 1 | 4  | 2 | 1 | 4
7 | Manlio Di Rosa | 1 | 1 | 1  | 5 | 3 | 0  | 6 | 4 | 1
8 | Renzo Nostini | 1 | 1 | 0  | 6 | 6 | 1  | 7 | 7 | 1
9 | Carlo Pavesi | 0 | 2 | 1  | 6 | 1 | 0  | 6 | 3 | 1

## See also

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* Italian Fencing Federation
* Italy at the Olympics
* Fencing Olympics medal table
* World Championships medal table
* European Championships medal table
* Junior World Fencing Championships
* Fencing World Cup
* Fencing at the Mediterranean Games
* History of fencing
* Fencing schools
* Italian school of swordsmanship

## References

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1. ^ "Italy Fencing". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
2. ^ "Fencing Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
3. ^ "Les escrimeurs multimédaillés aux Championnats du Monde" (in French). sportquick.com. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
4. ^ "Intervista a Valentina Vezzali – "Mi sono risollevata da sola" (in Italian). cataniaescrime2011.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

## External links

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* Italy fencing at Summer Olympics
* (in Italian) All medals from the site of the Federazione Italiana Scherma
* https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campionati_europei_Under-23_di_scherma
* https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campionati_europei_juniores_di_scherma
* https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campionati_europei_cadetti_di_scherma
* https://www.veteransfencing.eu/fencing/results/past-results/
* https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campionati_del_mediterraneo_di_scherma

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