Rossella Gregorio

Rossella Gregorio (born 30 August 1990) is an Italian sabre fencer, bronze medallist in the 2014 European Fencing Championships.

Rossella Gregorio
Personal information
Born (1990-08-30) 30 August 1990
Salerno, Campania
NationalityItalian
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
National coachGiovanni Sirovich
ClubCS Carabinieri
Head coachLucio Landi
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

Career

Gregorio discovered fencing thanks to family friends who encouraged her parents to let her try the sport.[2] She first trained at CS Salerno, where she was coached by Antonio Serra,[3] before joining Frascati Scherma.

Gregorio won the 2009 Junior European Championship in Odense. A year later she became Junior Italian champion.[4] She joined the national team for the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb. She was eliminated in the first round by Germany's Alexandra Bujdoso. In the team event, Italy defeated France, but ceded against Russia in the semi-finals. They edged out Poland in the small final to take the bronze medal, Gregorio's first medal in a senior international event.[5]

In the 2013–14 season Gregorio climbed her first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in Bolzano,[6] followed by another bronze in Antalya. At the European Championships in Strasburg she reached the semi-finals, where she was stopped by World No.1 Olga Kharlan, and came away with a bronze medal.[7]

In the 2014–15 season Gregorio reached the quarter-finals in the first World Cup event held in Cancún and proceeded to earn a silver medal in Orléans after being defeated by Sofiya Velikaya in the final.[8]

References
  1. "Rossella Gregorio". International Fencing Federation. 5 June 2018.
  2. Maria Roberta Fortunato (12 September 2013). "La sciabolatrice salernitana Rossella Gregorio: "Che emozione partecipare ai Mondiali di Budapest!"". solosalerno.it (in Italian).
  3. Donatella Ferrigno (25 November 2009). "Una festa per Rossella Gregorio "Grazie a tutti, sono felice"" (in Italian).
  4. Antonio Scafuro (16 March 2010). "Scherma, Rossella Gregorio si laurea Campionessa Italiana Giovani". Voce Sport (in Italian). Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  5. "Scherma, Europei: azzurre bronzo nella sciabola. Battuta la Polonia". La Repubblica (in Italian). 20 June 2013.
  6. Gabriele Lippi (1 March 2014). "La prima volta di Rossella". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  7. Marisa Poli (9 June 2014). "Scherma, Europei a Strasburgo: sciabola di bronzo per la Gregorio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  8. Alessandro Gennari (22 November 2014). "Formidables!". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
  • Profile at the Italian Fencing Federation
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