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Martina Favaretto

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Martina Favaretto
Favaretto in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-11-15) 15 November 2001 (age 24)
Camposampiero, Veneto, Italy
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryItaly
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
FIE rankingCurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's foil
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 CairoTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 MilanTeam
Gold medal – first place2026 Hong KongIndividual
Gold medal – first place2026 Hong KongTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 MilanIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2025 TbilisiIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2025 TbilisiTeam
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 AntalyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 KrakówTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 BaselTeam
Gold medal – first place2026 AntonyTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 PlovdivIndividual
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos AiresIndividual
Women's fencing
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 BuenosMixed team

Martina Favaretto (born 15 November 2001) is an Italian fencer.

Her fascination with fencing started at the age of 7, when she saw Matteo Tagliariol win the gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At 13 she started being coached by Olympic champion Mauro Numa.[1][2][3]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2023 World Fencing Championships held in Milan, Italy. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 European Fencing Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[4] Favaretto is also a gold medalist in the women's team foil event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships and the 2022 European Fencing Championships.[5]

In 2018, Favaretto won the silver medal in the girls' foil event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] She also won the gold medal in the mixed team event.

Favaretto, Martina Batini, Francesca Palumbo and Alice Volpi won the gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[7][8] She competed at the 2024 European Fencing Championships held in Basel, Switzerland, and also won two gold medals at the 2026 World Fencing Championships in Hong Kong and became the no. 1 in the world.

Medal record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2024 France Paris, France Team Women's Foil 2nd[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "MONDIALI MILANO 2023 - MARTINA FAVARETTO BRONZO NEL FIORETTO INDIVIDUALE - Federscherma Veneto".
  2. ↑ "Al lavoro con… la schermitrice Martina Favaretto". Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Chi è Martina Favaretto, promessa della scherma italiana". Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (16 June 2023). "Italy monopolise medals on first day of European Fencing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Houston, Michael (22 July 2022). "Italy and France claim second set of team titles of Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Girl's Foil Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Burke, Patrick (28 June 2023). "Italy and Ukraine successful on weather-disrupted day seven of Kraków-Małopolska 2023". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Fencing Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "01 Aug 2024 olympic Games". The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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