Loredana Trigilia

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Loredana Trigilia
Loredana Trigilia 2014 IWAS ECH FFS-EQ t173329.jpg
Trigilia in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1976-01-25) 25 January 1976 (age 48)
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Sport
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Sport Wheelchair fencing
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Paralympic Games 012
World Championships124
European Championships242
Total378

Loredana Trigilia (born 25 January 1976) is an Italian wheelchair fencer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in Women's team foil, [1] and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in Women's foil team. [2]

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Career

She competed at six editions of Summer Paralympics from Sydney 2000 to Tokyo 2020. [3] [1]

In addition at the two Paralympic medals, Trigilia also won seven world championships medals and eight European championships medals. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2000 Summer Paralympics Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 5thFoil individual A
5thFoil team
9thÉpée individual A
5thÉpée team
2004 Summer Paralympics Flag of Greece.svg Athens 5thFoil individual A
5thFoil team
4thÉpée individual A
6thÉpée team
2008 Summer Paralympics Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing 5thFoil individual A
11thÉpée individual A
2012 Summer Paralympics Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London 11thFoil individual A
2016 Summer Paralympics Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 10thFoil individual A
3rdFoil team
2021 Summer Paralympics Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 10thSabre individual A
9thFoil individual A
2ndFoil team

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References

  1. 1 2 "Loredana Trigilia - Profile". Paralympic.org . Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Wheelchair Fencing - TRIGILIA Loredana". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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