Irene Vecchi

Irene Vecchi (10 June 1989,^[1] Livorno) is an Italian sabre fencer. She earned a bronze medal^[2] in the 2013 World Championships and 2017 World Championships, an individual bronze at the 2013 European Championships and won the team gold medal at the 2011 European Fencing Championships.^[3][4]

Irene Vecchi
Vecchi at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 36) Livorno
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
Club	GS Fiamme Gialle
Head coach	Nicola Zanotti
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2017 Leipzig Team 2013 Budapest Sabre 2017 Leipzig Sabre European Championships 2011 Sheffield Team Sabre 2017 Tbilisi Team Sabre 2009 Plovdiv Team Sabre 2010 Leipzig Team Sabre 2012 Legnano Team Sabre 2013 Zagreb Sabre 2013 Zagreb Team Sabre

She has twice competed for Italy at the Olympics, in the women's sabre individual in 2012 and 2016 and in the women's team sabre in 2016.^[5][6] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Sabre^[7]

Life

Vecchi has a degree in political science from the University of Pisa, and works as a police officer.^[4] She began to fence at the age of eight; her mother worked at a fencing hall and enrolled her.^[4]