Martina Batini Explained

Martina Batini
Birth Date:17 April 1989
Birth Place:Pisa, Italy
Weapon:Foil
Hand:right-handed
Club:G.S. Forestale
Headcoach:Simone Piccini
Fieranking:current ranking
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Martina Batini (born 17 April 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer, two-time team European champion, three-time team world champion, and 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist.[1]

Career

Batini first competed both in foil and épée as a child, then specialized in foil. She won in 2006 the gold medal both in the Cadets Italian National Championships and the Cadets World Championships at Taebaek City. In 2008, she became Junior European Champion at Amsterdam. The year after, she won the U23 European Championship in Debrecen and took the third place at the Junior World Championships in Belfast.

Amongst seniors, she made her breakthrough during the 2013–14 season. She took her first World Cup with a gold medal in Tauberbischofsheim after defeating reigning World champion Arianna Errigo and reigning Olympic champion Elisa Di Francisca.[2] A week later she won the National Italian Championships in Acireale.[3] She also took a bronze medal at the SK Trophée in Seoul. In the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg, she met Di Francisca in the final. Batini took a 5–1 lead, but Di Francisca scored 14 hits in a row, dooming Batini to the silver medal.[4] In the team event, the “Dream Team” formed by Di Francisca, Errigo, Valentina Vezzali and Batini were largely given favourites, having won gold in every World Cup of the season. They cruised to the final and met Russia, who kept them at bay for the first six relays. In her last leg, Batini prevailed 7–4, giving Italy the lead for the first time in the match. A 10-hit rally by Di Francisca in the last bout allowed Italy to retain the European title.[5]

Batini obtained in 2014 a master's degree in engineering management from the University of Pisa.[6] Her sister Camilla is an épée fencer.

Medal Record

World Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2014 Kazan, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil2nd[8]
2014 Kazan, RussiaTeam Women's Foil1st[9]
2015 Moscow, RussiaTeam Women's Foil1st[10]
2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTeam Women's Foil2nd[11]
2017 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Foil1st[12]

European Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2014 Strasbourg, FranceIndividual Women's Foil2nd[13]
2015 Montreux, SwitzerlandTeam Women's Foil1st[14]
2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Women's Foil2nd[15]
2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Foil1st[16]

Grand Prix

DateLocationEventPosition
2014-04-26 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil3rd[17]
2016-06-03 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd[18]
2017-05-19 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil1st[19]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2014-03-14 Tauberbischofsheim, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil1st[20]
2015-10-16 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Foil3rd[21]
2016-01-15 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil3rd[22]
2016-02-05 Algier, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Foil2nd[23]
2016-10-14 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Foil3rd[24]
2017-10-13 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Foil3rd[25]
2018-11-23 Algier, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Foil3rd[26]
2019-12-13 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceIndividual Women's Foil2nd[27]
2022-04-15 Belgrade, SerbiaIndividual Women's Foil3rd[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  2. Web site: Scherma: Martina Batini di Pisa vince oro a Tauber "Scherma: la pisana Batini fa bella mostra di sé nella vetrina mondiale". Pisa Today. 20 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Nel segno della B. Gabriele Lippi. Pianeta Scherma. 29 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Martina Batini argento ai Campionati Europei di scherma "Scherma: la pisana Batini è vicecampionessa europea". Pisa Today. 16 June 2014.
  5. Web site: Bis d’oro per Dream Team e sciabola. Gazzetto di Sport. Marisa Poli. 14 June 2014.
  6. Web site: Martina Batini dottoressa in Ingegneria gestionale. Università di Pisa. 3 December 2014. Italian.
  7. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-08-10. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  8. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  9. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  10. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  11. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  12. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-05-16. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  13. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  14. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-05-06. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  15. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-05-06. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  16. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-17. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  17. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-18. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  18. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-09-18. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  19. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. 2021-06-10. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  20. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  21. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  22. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  23. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  24. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  25. Web site: 13 Oct 2017 world Cup Coupe du Monde . 2021-05-08 . The International Fencing Federation official website.
  26. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  27. Web site: 13 Dec 2019 world Cup Coupe du Monde . 2021-05-08 . The International Fencing Federation official website.
  28. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-04-19 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.