Marta Baeza Centurion (born March 2, 1992 in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil) is a Brazilian fencer who participated in the women's sabre fencing event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

2016 Summer Olympics

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Marta went down with an injury when she played against Bogna Jozwiak.

2022 Fencing Peace Caravan

In response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Marta co-organised the Fencing Peace Caravan, a project to take 21 underage Ukrainian fencers between the ages of 9 and 17 to

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, allowing them to study, train, and have a routine as close as possible to what they had before the war.

References

1992 births Living people Brazilian female sabre fencers Olympic fencers of Brazil Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian women {{brazil-fencing-bio-stub