Arianna Errigo
{{Short description|Italian foil and sabre fencer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox fencer
| name = Arianna Errigo
| image = Arianna Errigo podium 2013 Fencing WCH FFS-IN t204404.jpg
| caption = Errigo in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Monza, Italy
| hand = left-handed
| height = 1.81 m
| weight = 64 kg
| club = CS Carabinieri
| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/9377 current ranking]
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's foil}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|Olympic Games|1|2|1
|World Fencing Championships|10|7|5
|European Fencing Championships|14|3|4
}}
{{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 London|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Antalya|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Budapest|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Budapest|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Kazan|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Kazan|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Moscow|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Leipzig|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Milan|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Paris|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Catania|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Wuxi|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Budapest|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Milan|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Antalya|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Moscow|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Leipzig|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Wuxi|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Budapest|Individual}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Plovdiv|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Leipzig|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Sheffield|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Legnano|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Zagreb|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Strasbourg|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Montreux|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Toruń|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Tbilisi|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Tbilisi|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Novi Sad|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Antalya|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Basel|Individual}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Basel|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Toruń|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Novi Sad|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Antalya|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Plovdiv|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Legnano|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Montreux|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Düsseldorf|Team}}
}}
Arianna Errigo (born 6 June 1988) is an Italian left-handed foil and sabre fencer.{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/athletes/9377 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=FIE.org}}
Errigo is a nine-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, six-time team world champion, and two-time individual world champion.
Known for her aggressive and fast fencing, she is regarded as one of the greatest fencers of all time.
A three-time Olympian, Errigo is a 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, 2012 team Olympic champion, and 2012 individual Olympic silver medalist. Errigo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Errigo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.{{cite web |url=https://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/organizzazione/organizzazione-addestrativa/centro-sportivo-cc/news/2017/02/10/il-generale-tullio-del-sette-incontra-gli-atleti-alla-cerimonia-di-inaguarazione-dei-nuovi-impianti-sportivi |title=IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI |publisher=carabinieri.it |quote=Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l’argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l’oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora. |language=it |access-date=17 March 2020}}
Biography
In the women's individual foil at the 2012 Summer Olympics she denied her compatriot Valentina Vezzali her fourth successive gold medal in the competition by defeating her 15–12 in the all-Italian semi-finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/fencing/story/_/id/8209270/fencer-arianna-errigo-denies-valentina-vezzali-olympic-record |publisher=ESPN |title=Arianna Errigo to vie for gold |date=28 July 2012 |access-date=28 July 2012}} She went on to win the silver medal in the event, losing in extra time to another compatriot Elisa Di Francisca.{{cite web |title=London 2012: Elisa Di Francisca claims Olympic fencing gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18910403 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=29 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731003426/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18910403 |archive-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}
At the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, Errigo won 2 consecutive gold medals in the individual event.{{cite web |last1=Arcobelli |first1=Stefano |title=Mondiali, scherma, fioretto, tris Italia: Errigo oro Batini argento Vezzali bronzo |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Vari/Scherma/19-07-2014/mondiali-scherma-fioretto-medaglia-matura-attesa-finali-801281890908.shtml |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=22 July 2014 |language=it |date=19 July 2013}}
After the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where she failed to win a medal, Errigo announced an interest in qualifying for both foil and sabre at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[https://www.fencing.net/15756/arianna-errigo-aims-foil-sabre-2020/ Arianna Errigo Aims for Foil and Sabre in 2020] She later won a silver medal at the sabre grand prix in Cancún, Mexico, in December 2017.{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2018/152 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=FIE.org}}
On 13 June 2024, she received the tricolor flag from the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, together with the Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/fencer-errigo-flag-bearer-at-paris-2024/ar-BB1o9Qcn?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?season=2024|title=Fencer Errigo flag bearer at Paris 2024|publisher=MSN.com|language=en|date= 14 June 2024|access-date=14 June 2024}}
Medal record
=Olympic Games=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| 2012
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} London, United Kingdom |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/243 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| 2012
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} London, United Kingdom |Team Women's Foil |
| rowspan="1" |2021
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2021/249 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
=World Championship=
=European Championship=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| 2009
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv, Bulgaria |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2009/740 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| 2009
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv, Bulgaria |Team Women's Foil |
| rowspan="1" |2010
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Leipzig, Germany |Team Women's Foil |
| 2011
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Sheffield, United Kingdom |Team Women's Foil |
| 2012
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Legnano, Italy |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/740 |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| 2012
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Legnano, Italy |Team Women's Foil |
| 2013
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb, Croatia |Team Women's Foil |
| 2014
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Strasbourg, France |Team Women's Foil |
| 2015
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SUI}} Montreux, Switzerland |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/740 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| 2015
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SUI}} Montreux, Switzerland |Team Women's Foil |
| 2016
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} Toruń, Poland |Individual Women's Foil |
| 2016
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} Toruń, Poland |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/746?tab=results |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| 2017
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GEO}} Tbilisi, Georgia |Individual Women's Foil |
| 2017
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GEO}} Tbilisi, Georgia |Team Women's Foil |
| 2018
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SER}} Novi Sad, Serbia |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2018/740 |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| 2018
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SER}} Novi Sad, Serbia |Team Women's Foil |
| rowspan="1" |2019
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Düsseldorf, Germany |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2019/746?tab=results |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=FIE.org}} |
| rowspan="1" |2022
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|TUR}} Antalya, Turkey |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2022/740 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=FIE.org}} |
| rowspan="1" |2022
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|TUR}} Antalya, Turkey |Team Women's Foil |
=Grand Prix=
=World Cup=
Honours and awards
{{flag|Italy}}: Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Commander Order of Merit of the Italian Republic), 5 June 2013.{{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141723/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=328375 Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig.ra Arianna Errigo]. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
References
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External links
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- {{FIE}}
- {{EFC}}
- [https://federscherma.it/atleta/arianna-errigo/ Arianna Errigo] at the Federazione Italiana Scherma {{in lang|it}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/arianna-errigo_1924276 Arianna Errigo] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{CONI|new_id=1235}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Fencing Women Team Foil}}
{{World Champions in Women's Foil}}
{{Footer Women's Foil World Cup Champions}}
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{{succession box
| before = Elia Viviani
Jessica Rossi
| title = Flagbearer for {{ITA}}
| with = Gianmarco Tamberi
| years = París 2024
| after = Incumbent
}}
{{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Errigo, Arianna}}
Category:Italian female foil fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Italy
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Italy
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Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:World Fencing Championships medalists
Category:Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Category:Fencers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Category:Sportspeople from Monza
Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen