Giovanna Trillini

Giovanna Trillini
Giovanna Trillini in 2015
Personal information
Born (1970-05-17) 17 May 1970 (age 53)
Iesi, Italy
NationalityItalian
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportFencing
Weaponfoil
Handright-handed
ClubG.S. Forestale/CS Jesi
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 4 (1 individual)
Silver medal – second place 1 (1 individual)
Bronze medal – third place 3 (2 individual)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 9 (2 individual)
Silver medal – second place 5 (2 individual)
Bronze medal – third place 5 (4 individual)
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2 (0 individual)
Silver medal – second place 1 (1 individual)
Bronze medal – third place 3 (1 individual)
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1 (1 individual)
Silver medal – second place 2 (2 individual)
Bronze medal – third place 0 (0 individual)
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1 (1 individual)
Silver medal – second place 0 (0 individual)
Bronze medal – third place 2 (2 individual)

Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970 in Iesi) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and she won an additional silver and two bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions.

Biography

She has two brothers, Ezio and Roberto, who were both fencers. In 2001, she got her degree in Sport Science at the University of Urbino.
Trillini won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15–8 to Margherita Granbassi in the semi-final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her teammates Elisa Di Francisca, Margherita Granbassi and Valentina Vezzali.

In 1998 she married Giovanni Battista Rotella. They have two children: Claudia, born on 12 September 2005 and Giovanni, born on 1 August 2009.

Achievements

Olympic Games
  • Foil individual (1992) and Foil team (1992, 1996, 2000)
  • Foil individual (2004)
  • Foil individual (1996, 2000) and Foil team (2008)
World Championships
  • Foil individual (1991, 1997) and Foil team (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004)
  • Foil individual (1990, 1995) and Foil team (1986, 1994, 2006)
  • Foil individual (1989, 1998, 2006, 2007) and Foil team (1987)
European Championships
  • Foil team (1999, 2000)
  • Foil individual (2001)
  • Foil individual (1994) and Foil team (1998, 2007)
Mediterranean Games
  • Foil individual (1997)
  • Foil individual (1991, 1993)
Fencing World Cup
  • Foil (1991, 1994, 1995, 1998)

Honours and awards

 Italy: Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Grand Officer Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ), 1 September 2008

See also


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