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Michela Battiston
Michela Battiston (born 15 September 1997) is an Italian fencer. She competed in the women's team sabre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. References External links * * * * Michela Battistonat the Italian Fencing Federation The Italian Fencing Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Scherma, FIS) is the national governing body for the fencing sport in Italy. The FIS is currently based in Rome. The FIS was founded is 1909 and was one of the nine founding nations of The ... 1997 births Living people Italian female fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Palmanova Sportspeople from the Province of Udine Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games gold medalists for France FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Italian sportswomen Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only. Competitive fencing is one of the five activitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
