Martina Criscio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Foggia | 24 January 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National coach | Giovanni Sirovich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Esercito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Benedetto Buenza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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