Rossella Gregorio (born 30 August 1990) 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, bronze medallist in the 2014 European Fencing Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in

Career

Gregorio discovered fencing thanks to family friends who encouraged her parents to let her try the sport. She first trained at CS Salerno, where she was coached by Antonio Serra, before joining Frascati Scherma. Gregorio won the 2009 Junior European Championship in Odense. A year later she became Junior Italian champion. She joined the national team for the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb. She was eliminated in the first round by Germany's

Alexandra Bujdoso Alexandra Bujdoso (born 5 March 1990 in Budapest, Hungary) is a German-Hungarian sabre fencer. She is coached by her father, Imre Bujdosó, a former world class fencer and Olympic champion. While still in the Cadets category, she won the 2005 ...

. In the team event, Italy defeated France, but ceded against Russia in the semi-finals. They edged out Poland in the small final to take the bronze medal, Gregorio's first medal in a senior international event. In the 2013–14 season Gregorio climbed her first

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podium with a bronze medal in Bolzano, followed by another bronze in Antalya. At the European Championships in Strasburg she reached the semi-finals, where she was stopped by World No.1 Olga Kharlan, and came away with a bronze medal. In the 2014–15 season Gregorio reached the quarter-finals in the first World Cup event held in Cancún and proceeded to earn a silver medal in Orléans after being defeated by

Sofiya Velikaya Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya ( rus, Софья Александровна Великая, , ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer. Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time t ...

in the final. She won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the

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held in Antalya, Turkey.

References

External links

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at the European Fencing Confederation
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at the Italian Fencing Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregorio, Rossella 1990 births Living people Italian female sabre fencers People from Salerno Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno 21st-century Italian women