Margherita Granbassi

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Margherita Granbassi ({{IPA|it|marɡeˈriːta ɡramˈbassi}}; born 1 September 1979 in Trieste) is an Italian foil fencer.

Granbassi won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating her compatriot Valentina Vezzali 7–6 in the final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with teammates Vezzali, Elisa Di Francisca and Giovanna Trillini. She took the bronze medal on August 11, 2008, at the Beijing Olympics defeating her teammate Giovanna Trillini 15–12.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GranbMar01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Margherita Granbassi |accessdate=2012-06-05 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114172031/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GranbMar01 |archivedate=2012-11-14 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/margherita-granbassi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/margherita-granbassi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Margherita Granbassi Olympic Results |accessdate=2012-06-05 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Early life

Margherita Granbassi was born on 1 September 1979 in Trieste, Italy, to Istrian Italian exiles from Pisino, Istria.{{cite web |title=13lug/07.43 – Margherita Granbassi madrina al Triangolare del Ricordo |url=https://www.anvgd.it/13lug0743-margherita-granbassi-madrina-al-triangolare-del-ricordo/ |website=www.anvgd.it |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421213801/https://www.anvgd.it/13lug0743-margherita-granbassi-madrina-al-triangolare-del-ricordo/|archive-date=21 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=MARGHERITAGRANBASSI |url=https://www.coni.it/it/italia-team/atleti/scheda-atleta/scheda_atleta/1226-MARGHERITA_GRANBASSI.html |website=www.coni.it |publisher=CONI |access-date=21 April 2023}} Her grandfather came to Trieste from Pisino to study, and eventually settled there.{{cite web |last1=Barella |first1=Guido |title=Triangolare del Ricordo, gol e nostalgia |url=https://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/sport/2011/09/22/news/triangolare-del-ricordo-gol-e-nostalgia-1.830810 |website=www.ilpiccolo.gelocal.it |publisher=Il Piccolo |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421214358/https://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/sport/2011/09/22/news/triangolare-del-ricordo-gol-e-nostalgia-1.830810 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |date=22 September 2011}} Granbassi has stated that she always felt in her family "a feeling of Istrian [Italian] origin".

Career

She started fencing because of her brothers who also practiced the sport, and her first teacher was Silvia Strukel.{{cite web |title=Gli inizi di Margherita Granbassi: prima con i suoi fratelli, poi in macchina con mamma Josephine |url=https://azzurridigloria.com/storie/margherita-granbassi-storia/ |publisher=Azzurri di Gloria}} After starting fencing in Trieste, she went to train in Udine for 11 years, being driven there every day by her mother while listening to an audio cassette on which she had registered the day's school lesson. In 1991, Granbassi won her first Italian title. She was called up for the first international bouts in 1994.{{cite web |title=Margherita Granbassi - Biografia |url=http://www.margheritagranbassi.com/biografia/#:~:text=Nel%20'94%20ho%20iniziato%20ad,lame%20con%20i%20nostri%20idoli! |website=www.margheritagranbassi.com}} In 1996 she won gold medals at the Italian Under-17 and Under-20 championships.

She won again the Italian Under-20 championship as well as the World Under-20 Championship in 1998 and 1999. She joined the Italian national team as a sparring partner and went with them to Sidney for the 2000 Summer Olympics. After the Olympic games she became part of the national team, winning a team gold at the 2001 European Fencing Championships, followed by a silver at the 2003 European Fencing Championships, a gold at the 2004 World Fencing Championships, and another gold at the 2005 European Fencing Championships.

She won the gold medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in the individual foil event. This was followed by a silver in individual foil at the 2007 World Fencing Championships. Granbassi won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in both individual foil and team foil.

References

External links

[http://www.margheritagranbassi.com/ Official web site] {{in lang|it}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011351/http://www.federscherma.it/file/18139.pdf Personal data] {{in lang|it}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Trieste

Category:Italian female fencers

Category:Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic fencers for Italy

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Italy

Category:Olympic medalists in fencing

Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in fencing

Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy