Stefano Barrera (born 12 January 1980, in Siracusa) is an Italian

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fencer.

Biography

Barrera won the bronze medal for the foil

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after he lost 15-13 to

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in the semi-final. Two years later, in the

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he won the team competition. He belongs to Centro Sportivo

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, but he also trains with A.S.

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Scherma. He won the bronze medal after a one-year and a half stop due to medical problems.

Achievements

, foil, team :

, foil, individual : 1998 World Youth Fencing Championships, foil, individual : 1998 World Youth Fencing Championships, foil, team : 1997 World Cadet Fencing Championships, foil, individual : 1996 World Cadet Fencing Championships, foil, individual

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1980 births Living people Italian male fencers Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Sportspeople from Syracuse, Sicily 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub