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
2012
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and
2016
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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
political science
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from the
University of Pisa
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History
The Origins
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, and works as a
police officer
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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
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