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Valentina Vezzali

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Maria Valentina Vezzali (Italian pronunciation: [valenˈtiːna vetˈtsaːli]; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired Olympic and World Champion foil fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five athletes in the history of the Summer Olympic Games to have won five medals in the same individual event. She is widely considered to be the greatest women’s foilist in fencing history. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Valentina Vezzali is the 140th most popular fencer, the 4,266th most popular biography from Italy (up from 4,268th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Valentina Vezzali ranks 140 out of 349. Before her are Gaston Salmon, Frédéric Pietruszka, Tamás Kovács, Renzo Nostini, Pascale Trinquet, and Sándor Erdős. After her are Wladimir Resnitschenko, Pascal Jolyot, Lech Koziejowski, György Nébald, Imre Bujdosó, and Pavel Kolobkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Valentina Vezzali ranks 339. Before her are Islam Bibi, Christiane Paul, Eason Chan, Kari Traa, Sonya Walger, and Maggie Siff. After her are Steve-O, Andrei Pavel, Eric Millegan, Takuya Ito, Armin Zöggeler, and Tomasz Frankowski.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Valentina Vezzali ranks 4,267 out of 5,161. Before her are Gianluca Rocchi (1973), Deborah Compagnoni (1970), Simone Barone (1978), Cristian Brocchi (1976), Lucio Cecchinello (1969), and Stefano Baldini (1971). After her are Mahmood (1992), Eros Poli (1963), Aldo Tarlao (1926), Michelangelo Rampulla (1962), Simone Pepe (1983), and Francesco Moriero (1969).

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Among FENCERS In Italy

Among fencers born in Italy, Valentina Vezzali ranks 14. Before her are Italo Santelli (1866), Luigi Cantone (1917), Virgilio Mantegazza (1889), Pierluigi Chicca (1937), Riccardo Nowak (1885), and Renzo Nostini (1914). After her are Fabio Dal Zotto (1957), Andrea Borella (1961), Sandro Cuomo (1962), Angelo Mazzoni (1961), Giovanna Trillini (1970), and Luigi Tarantino (1972).

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