Irene Vecchi

{{Short description|Italian fencer (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox fencer

| name = Irene Vecchi

| image = Award ceremony 2013 SFS-IN Fencing WCH t213633.jpg

| caption = Vecchi at the 2013 World Fencing Championships

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|6|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Livorno

| residence =

| height = 1.70 m

| weight = 64 kg

| weapon = Sabre

| country = Italy

| hand = right-handed

| club = GS Fiamme Gialle

| headcoach = Nicola Zanotti

| formercoach =

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/12507 current ranking]

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Leipzig|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Budapest|Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Leipzig|Sabre}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Sheffield|Team Sabre}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Tbilisi|Team Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Plovdiv|Team Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Leipzig|Team Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Legnano|Team Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Zagreb|Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Zagreb|Team Sabre}}

}}

Irene Vecchi (10 June 1989,{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/irene-vecchi|title=Irene VECCHI - Olympic Fencing {{!}} Italy|date=2016-11-20|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2018-06-03|language=en}} Livorno) is an Italian sabre fencer. She earned a bronze medal{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/August/13/US-Womens-Saber-Fencing-Team-Wins-Bronze|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815232506/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/August/13/US-Womens-Saber-Fencing-Team-Wins-Bronze|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2016|title=U.S. Women’s Saber Fencing Team Wins Bronze|work=Team USA|access-date=2018-06-03|language=en}} in the 2013 World Championships and 2017 World Championships, an individual bronze at the 2013 European Championships and won the team gold medal at the 2011 European Fencing Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://english.gazzetta.it/More_sports/17-07-2011/italy-it-s-raining-gold-sheffield-802072236025.shtml |title=La Gazetta dello Sport |access-date=2012-06-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218105240/http://english.gazzetta.it/More_sports/17-07-2011/italy-it-s-raining-gold-sheffield-802072236025.shtml |archive-date=2013-02-18 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/fencers/Irene-VECCHI-12507/|title=Fencer - VECCHI Irene - ITALY - FIE - International Fencing Federation|website=fie.org|access-date=2018-04-03}}

She has twice competed for Italy at the Olympics, in the women's sabre individual in 2012 and 2016 and in the women's team sabre in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/irene-vecchi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001352/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/irene-vecchi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Irene Vecchi Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-03}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Irene+Vecchi/Fencing+Olympics+Day+3/NyvBIwZxjoy|title=Irene Vecchi Photos Photos: Fencing - Olympics: Day 3|work=Zimbio|access-date=2018-06-03|language=en}} She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Sabre{{Cite web|title=Fencing VECCHI Irene|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1312478-vecchi-irene.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-09-22|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018010438/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1312478-vecchi-irene.htm}}