Lucrezia Sinigaglia

Lucrezia Sinigaglia (born 21 August 1990) is an Italian sabre fencer, team bronze medal in the 2013 European Championships at Zagreb.

Lucrezia Sinigaglia
Personal information
Born (1990-08-21) 21 August 1990
Padua, Veneto
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachGiovanni Sirovich, Nicola Zanotti
ClubGS Fiamme Gialle
Head coachTommaso Dentico
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

Career

Sinigaglia's first sport was swimming, but she never really took to it. She tried fencing at her father's suggestion when she was in her early tens.[1] She first practiced at her local club in Abano Terme. When it closed, she joined Petrarca Scherma in Padova.[1] She won the gold medal both in the individual and the team event at the 2007 Mediterranean Fencing Championships in Syracuse, Sicily[2] and at the 2008 Junior European Championships in Amsterdam.[3]

She joined the national sabre team in the 2012–13 season. She took part in the 2013 European Championships in the team event only.[4] Italy defeated France, but fell against Russia in the semi-finals and fenced Poland in the small final. They prevailed 45–44 despite Poland's being in the lead for most of the match, and came away with a bronze medal.[4]

In the 2013–14 season Sinigaglia reached her best individual result as of 2014 with a quarter-final in the Antalya World Cup. In the European Championships in Strasbourg, she was defeated in the table of 32 by World No.1 Olha Kharlan.[5] In the team event, Italy were defeated in their first match by France and finished sixth. In the World Championships in Kazan, Sinigaglia created an upset in the table of 64 by eliminating reigning Olympic champion Kim Ji-yeon, but yielded to Japan's Mika Kikuchi in the next round.[6] In the team event, Italy stumbled against France in the semi-final. They were overcome by Ukraine in the match for the bronze medal and finished fourth.[7]

References
  1. "4 chiacchiere con Lucrezia Sinigaglia, doppia campionessa europea della sciabola". schermaonline.org. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. Italian Fencing Federation, ed. (19 January 2007). "Campionato del Mediterraneo–L'Italia domina a Siracusa nella pruma giornata portando sette atleti in finale".
  3. Diego Zilio (19 January 2009). "Meglio di Zorro–Lucrezia Sinigaglia nella scia delle grandi". Il Mattino di Padova.
  4. Alessandro Gennari (23 June 2013). "Zagabria, un bilancio più che positivo per l'Italia". Vavel Italia.
  5. Gabriele Lippi (9 June 2014). "La regina e la principessa". Pianeta Scherma.
  6. Francesco Caligaris (18 July 2014). "Mondiali scherma 2014: niente podio per la sciabola". Olimpiazzura.it.
  7. Stefano Arcobelli (21 July 2014). "Scherma, Mondiali: la sciabola donne giù dal podio". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
  • Profile at GS Fiamme Gialle
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