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Alberta Santuccio (born 22 October 1994) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer and 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist.[1]

Alberta Santuccio

Santuccio in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 27) Catania, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Women's épée Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team épée World Championships 2022 Cairo Team European Games 2015 Baku Team European Championships 2022 Antalya Team

Early life

Santuccio was born on 22 October 1994, in Catania, Italy.[2] She began fencing at the age of seven after witnessing her brother Giorgio play the sport.[3]

Career

While competing with the CS Acireale, Santuccio won a gold medal in the individual event at the European Cadet Championship and in the international under 17 circuits. As such, she was chosen to be the flag bearer in 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[4] During the games, Santuccio won gold in the mixed team tournament and then silver in the girls' individual Épée.[5] Santuccio also won two bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 Fencing World Cup.[2] In 2015, Santuccio came back from ninth place to beat Russia 40–36 in the 2015 European Games for a bronze medal.[6]

Santuccio was selected to represent Team Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she helped them win a bronze medal in the Team épée.[7]

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Women's Épée	3rd[8]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Team Women's Épée	2nd[9]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Antalya, Turkey	Team Women's Épée	2nd[10]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-05-26	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[11]
2022-03-05	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Épée	1st[12]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2014-03-07	Barcelona, Spain	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[13]
2018-11-09	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[14]
2022-05-27	Katowice, Poland	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[15]

References

External links

• Alberta Santuccio at FIE
• Alberta Santuccio at European Fencing Confederation
• Alberta Santuccio at Olympedia

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