Valentina Vezzali
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| Full name | Maria Valentina Vezzali[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Cobra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 February 1974 Iesi, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon(s) | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach(es) | Andrea Cipressa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE Ranking | rankings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| The Honourable Valentina Vezzali | |
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| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies[1] | |
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Assumed office 19 March 2013[1] | |
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| Born |
14 February 1974 Iesi, Marche, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Scelta Civica[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Domenico Giugliano |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Agent of the Polizia di Stato[1] |
Valentina Vezzali (Italian pronunciation: [valenˈtina vetˈtsali]; born 14 February 1974)[1] is an Italian fencer and politician. As fencer she has won six Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.[2][3]
Together with the German shooter Ralf Schumann, the Slovak slalom canoeist Michal Martikán and the japanese female judoka Ryoko Tani, Vezzali is one of only four athletes in the history of the Summer Olympic Games to have won five medals in the same individual event.[4]
In 2013, she became a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies as part of the Scelta Civica party.
Biography
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 fourteen gold medals at the World Fencing Championships, six in individual competitions (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011) and another eight in team competitions (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013), plus four silver medals (two individual, 1994 and 2006, and two with Italian team, in the same years) and three bronze medals (individual, 1995, 1998 and 2012).
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).
She published two autobiographies: A viso scoperto ("With uncovered face"), written with Caterina Luchetti in 2006,[5] and Io, Valentina Vezzali, written with Betta Carbone in 2012.[6] She married Italian soccer player Domenico Giugliano and has two sons: Pietro, born on 9 June 2005,[7] and Andrea, born on 16 May 2013.[8]
On 25 February 2013 she became a member of the Italian Parliament as part of the Scelta Civica party led by Mario Monti.
Prize List
| Event | Individual | Team | Total | ||||||
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| Olympics | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| World Championships | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 |
| European Championships | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 14 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 9 |
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Foil (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Achievements
Olympic Games
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event |
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| 1996 | Olympic Games |  Atlanta |
2nd | Foil individual |
| 1st | Foil Team | |||
| 2000 | Olympic Games |  Sydney |
1st | Foil individual |
| 1st | Foil Team | |||
| 2004 | Olympic Games |  Athens |
1st | Foil individual |
| 2008 | Olympic Games |  Beijing |
1st | Foil individual |
| 3rd | Foil Team | |||
| 2012 | Olympic Games |  London |
3rd | Foil individual |
| 1st | Foil Team |
World Championships
Honours and awards
Italy: Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Grand Officer Order of Merit of the Italian Republic), 1 September 2008.[9]
See also
- List of cultural icons of Italy
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
- Multiple medallist at the World Fencing Championships
- Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships
- Italian fencer multiple medallists at the Olympics
- Italian fencer multiple medallists at the World Championships
- List of Scelta Civica politicians
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Profile of Valentina Vezzali". The official website of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Valentina Vezzali". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ↑ "Valentina Vezzali Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ↑ "Olimpiadi Londra 2012: record degli atleti nella storia dei giochi" (in Italian). ecodellosport.it. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Vezzali, Valentina; Luchetti, Caterina (2006). A viso scoperto (in Italian). Milan: Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 978-88-200-4162-5.
- ↑ Vezzali, Valentina; Carbone, Betta (2012). Io, Valentina Vezzali (in Italian). Milan: Dalai Editore. ISBN 978-88-6620-355-1.
- ↑ Harkins, Craig (15 July 2005). "Interview: Valentina Vezzali". fencing.net. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Staff (22 July 2013). "Fencing, Vezzali to take part in World Championships less than 3 months after giving birth". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ↑ (Italian) Grande Ufficiale Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig.ra Valentina Vezzali. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valentina Vezzali. |
- Official website
- Valentina Vezzali at Sports Reference
- Valentina Vezzali from site Eurofencing.info
- Valentina Vezzali profile from site of FIE
- Official website on Facebook (Italian)
- Official website on Twitter (Italian)
- Personal data
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| Preceded by Antonio Rossi |
Flag bearer for Italy London 2012 |
Succeeded by Federica Pellegrini |
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