Giovanna Trillini Explained

Giovanna Trillini
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:17 May 1970
Birth Place:Jesi, Italy
Height:1.64 m
Weight:69 kg
Country: Italy
Weapon:foil
Hand:right-handed
Club:G.S. Forestale/CS Jesi

Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970 in Jesi) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and won an additional silver and two bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions.[1] [2]

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.[3]
Trillini won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15โ€“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[4] [5] [6] and Giovanni, born on 1 August 2009.[7] [8]

Achievements

Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Mediterranean Games
Fencing World Cup

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Giovanna Trillini . 2011-12-26 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928145913/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TRILLGIO01 . 28 September 2011 .
  2. Web site: Giovanna Trillini . 2011-12-26 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120130131536/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/giovanna-trillini-1.html . 30 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: La Biografia. Giovanna Trillini Official Web site. it. Biography . 30 September 2013.
  4. Web site: UN FIOCCO ROSA TRA LE MEDAGLIE D'ORO . Giovanna Trillini Official Web site. it. 30 September 2013.
  5. News: SCHERMA, GIOVANNA TRILLINI MAMMA: E' NATA CLAUDIA . . 13 September 2005 . 30 September 2013 . it . Fencing, Giovanna Trillini is a mom.
  6. Web site: GIOVANNA TRILLINI E' DIVENTATA MAMMA: E' NATA CLAUDIA . https://archive.today/20130930082317/http://www.federscherma.it/news.asp?i=29151&s=7 . dead . 30 September 2013 . Federazione Italiana Scherma . it . Giovanna Trillini is a mom . 30 September 2013 .
  7. News: Scherma: nato figlio Trillini . Tuttosport . 30 September 2013 . it . Fencing, born Trillini's son . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230303/http://www.tuttosport.com/altri_sport/2009/08/01-35661/Scherma:+nato+figlio+Trillini . 3 March 2016 . dead.
  8. News: La Trillini รจ mamma . Vito Graffeo . Sportlive . 1 August 2009 . 30 September 2013 . it . Trillini is a mom . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104744/http://www.sportlive.it/altri-sport/trillini-diventa-mamma-seconda-volta.html . 24 September 2015 . dead.
  9. Web site: Olympedia โ€“ Giovanna Trillini . www.olympedia.org . 25 April 2023.