Ilaria Bianco (born 29 May 1980 in
Pisa) is an Italian sabre fencer. Between 1999 and 2005, Bianco had won a total of five medals (one gold, three silver, and one bronze), as a member of the Italian team, at the
World Fencing Championships
The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE; ''International Fencing Federation'' in English). Contestants may participate in foil, épée, and sabre events.
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. She is a member of the fencing team for the Italian Military Air Force ( it, Sala d'Armi Aeronautica Militare), and is coached and trained by Nicola Zanotti.
Bianco represented
Italy
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where she competed in the
women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate
Gioia Marzocca. She defeated China's
Huang Haiyang in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing out her next match to Russia's
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 ...
, with a score of 6–15.
References
External links
Profile–
FIEEuroFencing Profile
Italian female fencers
Living people
Olympic fencers for Italy
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in fencing
Sportspeople from Pisa
1980 births
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
Fencers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
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