Martina Batini

Martina Batini
Batini at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born	(1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 32) Pisa, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	right-handed
Club	G.S. Forestale
Head coach	Simone Piccini
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2014 Kazan Individual 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team European Championships 2014 Strasbourg Team 2017 Tbilisi Team 2014 Strasbourg Individual

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 is an épée fencer.

Medal Record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Women's Foil	3rd[7]

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Kazan, Russia	Individual Women's Foil	2nd[8]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Women's Foil	1st[9]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Women's Foil	1st[10]
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Team Women's Foil	2nd[11]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Women's Foil	1st[12]

European Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Strasbourg, France	Individual Women's Foil	2nd[13]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Women's Foil	1st[14]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Women's Foil	2nd[15]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Women's Foil	1st[16]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
04/26/2014	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[17]
06/03/2016	Shanghai, China	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[18]
05/19/2017	Shanghai, China	Individual Women's Foil	1st[19]

World Cup[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/14/2014	Tauberbischofsheim, Germany	Individual Women's Foil	1st
10/16/2015	Cancún, Mexico	Individual Women's Foil	3rd
01/15/2016	Gdańsk, Poland	Individual Women's Foil	3rd
02/05/2016	Algier, Algeria	Individual Women's Foil	2nd
10/14/2016	Cancún, Mexico	Individual Women's Foil	3rd
10/13/2017	Cancún, Mexico	Individual Women's Foil	3rd
11/23/2018	Algier, Algeria	Individual Women's Foil	3rd
12/13/2019	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France	Individual Women's Foil	2nd

References[]

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External links[]

• Profile at the European Fencing Confederation