Enrico Berrè (born 10 November 1992) is an Italian right-handed

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fencer, two-time team European champion, 2015 team world champion, and 2021 team

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silver medalist.

Medal Record

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

Biography

Berrè began fencing at SS Lazio Scherma Ariccia, first learning foil with maestra Matilde Lerro, then switching to sabre with maestro Vincenzo Castrucci. He later transferred to Club Scherma Roma ASD. He took on international competition in 2008. He won the 2010 Junior European Championships in

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. Amongst seniors, his first significant result was a bronze medal in the 2013 European Championships. He earned a team gold medal in the same competition. In the

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that same year, he made his way to the quarter-finals before being defeated 4–15 by Romania's

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. In the 2013–14 season, Berrè won his first

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podium with a bronze in

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, followed by another bronze in the Budapest Grand Prix, and a gold medal in the Glaive d'Asparoukh at

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. He took the gold both in the individual and team event at the Italian national championships. In the

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he was stopped 13–15 in the quarter-finals by Russia's

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, who eventually won the competition. He took his revenge in the team event by beating Russia 45–44 and came away with a second consecutive team gold. Berrè studied political science at the

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. Since 2011 he is a member of

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, the sports section of the

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at the European Fencing Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:Berre, Enrico Italian male sabre fencers Living people 1992 births Fencers from Rome Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Italy Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in fencing Olympic silver medalists for Italy