Hand right-handed Role Olympic athlete Weight 69 kg (152 lb) Height 1.64 m | Club G.S. Forestale/CS Jesi Weapons Foil Name Giovanna Trillini Country represented Italy | |
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Born 17 May 1970 (age 53)
Iesi, Italy ( 1970-05-17 ) Siblings Ezio Trillini, Roberto Trillini Olympic medals Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil Similar People Valentina Vezzali, Margherita Granbassi, Ilaria Salvatori, Diana Bianchedi, Francesca Bortolozzi‑Borella | ||
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Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970 in Iesi) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and she won an additional silver and two bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions.
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- Expo milano mc donald s sport camp sara simeoni e giovanna trillini
- Biography
- Achievements
- Honours and awards
- References
Biography
She has two brothers, Ezio and Roberto, who were both fencers. In 2001, she got her degree in Sport Science at the University of Urbino.
Trillini won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15-8 to Margherita Granbassi in the semi final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her team mates Elisa Di Francisca, Margherita Granbassi and Valentina Vezzali.
In 1998 she married Giovanni Battista Rotella. They have two children: Claudia, born on 12 September 2005 and Giovanni, born on 1 August 2009.
Achievements
Honours and awards
Italy: Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Grand Officer Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ), 1 September 2008