Valentina Vezzali Youth Olympic Games Ambassador for Fencing
From the FIE: The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore will count on the prestigious appearance of the most honored fencer in history. Valentina Vezzali, foilist, (ITA) has enthusiastically confirmed that she will attend these first YOG as fencing’s Ambassador. She will take part in different activities of the Culture and Education Program arranged by [...]
Video Highlights of the 2010 European Championships
The 2010 European Fencing Championships drew to a close today with the final team events. Italy was the big winner with gold medals in Men’s Team Foil, Men’s Foil, Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil, and Men’s Team Sabre. Individual event winners included: Andrea Baldini, Valentina Vezzali, Alexey Yakimenko, Imke Duplitzer, Svetlana Kormilitsyna, and Jean-Michel Lucenay. [...]
Vezzali wins Cuba Women’s Foil
Valentina Vezzali (ITA) defeated Errigo (ITA) in the finals to win the women’s foil world cup in Havana, Cuba.
Vezzali wins Seoul for 71st World Cup Gold
Vezzali – Queen of Swords (photo: ValentinaVezzali.com) Italian foilist Valentina Vezzali won her 71st World Cup Gold and added yet another credit to the claim of best fencer ever with a 15-7 win over Virginie Ujlaky (FRA) in the finals of the Seoul Grand Prix. The US placed two fencers in the top-32 as Doris [...]
Turin WF Grand Prix: Semifinal DiFrancesca vs. Vezzali
Semifinal bout of the 2010 Turin Women’s Foil Grand Prix. This bout is between Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) and Valentina Vezzali (ITA). Final bout score was Vezzali 13-12. Published by the FIE on the FIEVideo Youtube channel.
Women’s Foil and Men’s Epee Champions Crowned
Valentina Vezzali continued her domination of the Women’s Foil circuit with another Gold medal, beating Sylwia Gruchala of Poland 15-10. In Men’s Epee, 2002 Silver Medalist Fabrice Jeannet beat Ukraine’s Maksym Khvorost to win the gold medal. US Women’s Foilist Erinn Smart came in 11th and Men’s Epeeist Soren Thompson took 8th. [View the Women's [...]
Gruchala of Poland takes Women’s Foil Gold
In women’s foil competition, Polish sensation Sylwia Gruchala first defeated defending World Cup champion Valentina Vezzali of Italy and then French fencer Adeline Wuilleme to win her second World Cup gold in a row. The final score of the gold medal match was 15-11. Despite the 15-4 score, Vezzali, the world and Olympic champion, refused [...]
