Martina Batini

Martina Batini
Batini at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 36)
Pisa, Italy
Fencing career
SportFencing
Country Italy
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
ClubG.S. Forestale
Head coachSimone Piccini
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's foil
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 KazanTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 MoscowTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 LeipzigTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 KazanIndividual
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 StrasbourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 MontreuxTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 TbilisiTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 PlovdivIndividual
Gold medal – first place2023 KrakówTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 GenoaTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 ToruńTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 StrasbourgIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2025 GenoaIndividual

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

Olympic Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2021Japan Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Foil3rd[7]

World Championship

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

European Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2014France Strasbourg, FranceIndividual Women's Foil2nd[13]
2015Switzerland Montreux, SwitzerlandTeam Women's Foil1st[14]
2016Poland Toruń, PolandTeam Women's Foil2nd[15]
2017Georgia (country) Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Foil1st[16]

Grand Prix

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

World Cup

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

References

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