Irene Vecchi (10 June 1989,

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) is an Italian sabre fencer. She earned a

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in the 2013 World Championships and 2017 World Championships, an individual bronze at the 2013 European Championships and won the team

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at the

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. She has twice competed for Italy at the

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, in the women's sabre individual in

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and

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and in the women's team sabre in 2016. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Sabre

Life

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

References

Italian female sabre fencers Living people Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Italy Sportspeople from Livorno 1989 births University of Pisa alumni European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists World Fencing Championships medalists Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub