| Andrea Cipressa | |||||||||||||||
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 Cipressa in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 December 1963 Venice, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||
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Andrea Cipressa (born 14 December 1963) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] He is now director of foil for the Italian Fencing Federation. His daughter, Erica Cipressa, is also a foil fencer. [3] He is the Commissario tecnico of the Italy national fencing team. [4]
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