Irene Vecchi (10 June 1989, Livorno) is an Italian

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

fencer. She earned a bronze medal in the 2013 World Championships and 2017 World Championships, an individual bronze at the 2013 European Championships and won the team gold medal at the 2011 European Fencing Championships. She has twice competed for Italy at the Olympics, in the women's sabre individual in

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and

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and in the women's team sabre in 2016. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in

Sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

Life

Vecchi has a degree in

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from the

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, and works as a

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. She began to fence at the age of eight; her mother worked at a fencing hall and enrolled her.

References

Italian female sabre fencers Living people Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Italy Sportspeople from Livorno 1989 births University of Pisa alumni European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists World Fencing Championships medalists Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub