- Valentina Vezzali
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Medal record 
Valentina VezzaliMedal record Competitor for 
ItalyWomen's Fencing Olympic Games Gold Sydney 2000 Foil Gold Athens 2004 Foil Gold Beijing 2008 Foil Gold Atlanta 1996 Team Foil Gold Sydney 2000 Team Foil Silver Atlanta 1996 Foil Bronze Beijing 2008 Team Foil World Championships Gold 1999 Seoul Foil Gold 2001 Nimes Foil Gold 2003 Havana Foil Gold 2005 Leipzig Foil Gold 2007 St.Petersburg Foil Gold 2011 Catania Foil Gold 1995 The Hague Team Foil Gold 1997 Cape Town Team Foil Gold 1998 La Chaux-de-Fonds Team Foil Gold 2001 Nimes Team Foil Gold 2004 New York Team Foil Gold 2009 Antalya Team Foil Gold 2010 Paris Team Foil Silver 1994 Athens Foil Silver 2006 Turin Foil Silver 1994 Athens Team Foil Silver 2006 Turin Team Foil Silver 2011 Catania Team Foil Bronze 1995 The Hague Foil Bronze 1998 La Chaux-de-Fonds Foil Bronze 2010 Paris Foil European Championships Gold 1998 Plovdin Foil Gold 1999 Bolzano Foil Gold 2001 Koblenz Foil Gold 2009 Plovdin Foil Gold 2010 Leipzig Foil Gold 1999 Bolzano Team Foil Gold 2001 Koblenz Team Foil Gold 2009 Plovdin Team Foil Gold 2010 Leipzig Team Foil Gold 2011 Sheffield Team Foil Silver 2003 Bourges Foil Silver 2007 Gand Foil Silver 2011 Sheffield Foil Silver 2003 Bourges Team Foil Bronze 2003 Linz Foil Bronze 1998 Plovdin Team Foil Maria Valentina Vezzali (born February 14, 1974 in Iesi) is an Italian fencer who has won five Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.
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Career
Vezzali is the first fencer in Olympic history to win three Individual Foil gold medals at three consecutive Olympics – Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. She also won twelve gold medals at the World Fencing Championships, six in individual competitions (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011) and another seven in team competitions (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010), plus four silver medals (two individual, 1994 and 2006, and two with Italian team, in the same years) and two bronze medals (individual, 1995 and 1998).
In European championships, she won nine gold medals (individual: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010; team: 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010), three silver medals (individual: 2003, 2007; team: 2007), two bronze medals (individual: 1993; team: 1998).
Biography
In 2006 she published her autobiography, A volto scoperto ("With uncovered face"), written with Caterina Luchetti. She married Italian soccer player Domenico Giugliano and has a son, Pietro.
Palmarès
Event Individual Team Total 
Olympics 3 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 1 World Championships 6 2 3 7 2 0 13 4 3 European Championships 5 3 1 5 1 1 10 4 2 Total 14 6 4 14 3 2 28 9 6 See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists
- List of cultural icons of Italy
External links
- (Italian) Official website
- (Italian) Personal data
Olympic Fencing Champions in Women's Individual Foil 1924: Ellen Osiier (DEN) · 1928: Helene Mayer (GER) · 1932: Ellen Preis (AUT) · 1936, 1948: Ilona Elek (HUN) · 1952: Irene Camber (ITA) · 1956: Gillian Sheen (GBR) · 1960: Heidi Schmid (EUA) · 1964: Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (HUN) · 1968: Elena Novikova-Belova (URS) · 1972: Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) · 1976: Ildikó Schwarczenberger (HUN) · 1980: Pascale Trinquet (FRA) · 1984: Luan Jujie (CHN) · 1988: Anja Fichtel (FRG) · 1992: Giovanna Trillini (ITA) · 1996: Laura Badea (ROU) · 2000, 2004, 2008: Valentina Vezzali (ITA)
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Iesi
- Italian fencers
- Olympic fencers of Italy
- Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Women fencers
- Italian fencing Olympic medalist stubs
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