Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970 in Jesi) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and won an additional silver and two bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions.[1][2]
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| Born | 17 May 1970 Jesi, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Forestale/CS Jesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editShe has two brothers, Ezio and Roberto, who were both fencers. In 2001, she got her degree in Sport Science at the University of Urbino.[3]
Trillini won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15–8 to Margherita Granbassi in the semi-final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her teammates Elisa Di Francisca, Margherita Granbassi and Valentina Vezzali.
In 1998 she married Giovanni Battista Rotella. They have two children: Claudia, born on 12 September 2005[4][5][6] and Giovanni, born on 1 August 2009.[7][8]
Achievements
edit- Foil individual (1992) and Foil team (1992, 1996, 2000)
- Foil individual (2004)
- Foil individual (1996, 2000) and Foil team (2008)
Honours and awards
editItaly: Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Grand Officer Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ), 1 September 2008
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Giovanna Trillini". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ^ "Giovanna Trillini". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ^ "La Biografia" [Biography]. Giovanna Trillini Official Web site (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "UN FIOCCO ROSA TRA LE MEDAGLIE D'ORO". Giovanna Trillini Official Web site (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "SCHERMA, GIOVANNA TRILLINI MAMMA: E' NATA CLAUDIA" [Fencing, Giovanna Trillini is a mom]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 September 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "GIOVANNA TRILLINI E' DIVENTATA MAMMA: E' NATA CLAUDIA" [Giovanna Trillini is a mom]. Federazione Italiana Scherma (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Scherma: nato figlio Trillini" [Fencing, born Trillini's son]. Tuttosport (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Vito Graffeo (1 August 2009). "La Trillini è mamma" [Trillini is a mom]. Sportlive (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Olympedia – Giovanna Trillini". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
External links
edit- Giovanna Trillini at the International Fencing Federation
- Giovanna Trillini at the European Fencing Confederation
- Giovanna Trillini at Olympics.com
- Giovanna Trillini at Olympedia
- Giovanna Trillini at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Giovanna Trillini at Eurofencing.info
- Giovanna Trillini at FIE
- Official website (in Italian)
- Profile at federscherma.it (in Italian)