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Italian fencer

Dorina Vaccaroni
Personal information
Born (1963-09-24) 24 September 1963 (age 60)Venice, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event Foil
Medal record Women's fencing Representing Italy Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Foil team Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Foil individual World Championships Gold medal – first place 1982 Rome Foil Team Gold medal – first place 1983 Vienna Foil Individual Gold medal – first place 1983 Vienna Foil Team Gold medal – first place 1990 Lyon Foil Team Gold medal – first place 1991 Budapest Foil Team Silver medal – second place 1982 Rome Foil Individual Bronze medal – third place 1981 Clemont-Ferrand Foil Team Bronze medal – third place 1987 Lausanne Foil Team Bronze medal – third place 1993 Essen Foil Team Mediterranean Games Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca Individual foil Bronze medal – third place 1979 Split Individual foil

Dorina Vaccaroni (born 24 September 1963 in Venice[1]) is an Italian former fencer, competing in the foil.

She received a gold medal in the foil team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she received a bronze medal in individual foil.[2][1] She also competed in the individual foil event at the Mediterranean Games in 1979 where she won a bronze medal and in 1983 where she won a gold medal.[3] After her competitive fencing career she became a cyclist, participating in master competitions, most recently winning the 60-69 year old division of 2023 RAAM (Race across America). Vaccaroni is a vegan.[4]

Olympic Games

Year Competition Venue Position Event
1980 Olympic Games Soviet Union Moscow 6th Foil individual
5th Foil Team
1984 Olympic Games United States Los Angeles 3rd Foil individual
4th Foil Team
1988 Olympic Games South Korea Seoul 2nd Foil Team
10th Foil individual
1992 Olympic Games Spain Barcelona 1st Foil Team
  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorina Vaccaroni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  2. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Dorina Vaccaroni". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Dorina Vaccaroni". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Manuela Di Centa: Sport e dieta vegan, connubio azzeccato". terranuova.it. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
Awards
Preceded bySara Simeoni Italian Sportswoman of the Year 1982-1983 Succeeded bySara Simeoni
vteWorld Champions in Women's Foil
1937: Helene Mayer 1938: Marie Šedivá 1947: Ellen Preis 1949: Ellen Preis 1950: Ellen Preis 1951: Ilona Elek 1953: Irene Camber 1954: Karen Lachmann 1955: Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky 1957: Alexandra Zabelina 1958: Valentina Rastvorova 1959: Emma Yefimova 1961: Heidi Schmid 1962: Olga Szabó-Orbán 1963: Ildikó Rejtő 1965: Galina Gorokhova 1966: Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko 1967: Alexandra Zabelina 1969: Elena Belova 1970: Galina Gorokhova 1971: Marie-Chantale Demaille 1973: Valentina Nikonova 1974: Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis 1975: Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic 1977: Valentina Sidorova 1978: Valentina Sidorova 1979: Cornelia Hanisch 1981: Cornelia Hanisch 1982: Nailya Gilyazova 1983: Dorina Vaccaroni 1985: Cornelia Hanisch 1986: Anja Fichtel 1987: Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan 1989: Olga Velichko 1990: Anja Fichtel 1991: Giovanna Trillini 1993: Francesca Bortolozzi 1994: Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo 1995: Laura Badea-Cârlescu 1997: Giovanna Trillini 1998: Sabine Bau 1999: Valentina Vezzali 2001: Valentina Vezzali 2002: Svetlana Boyko 2003: Valentina Vezzali 2005: Valentina Vezzali 2006: Margherita Granbassi 2007: Valentina Vezzali 2009: Aida Shanayeva 2010: Elisa Di Francisca 2011: Valentina Vezzali 2013: Arianna Errigo 2014: Arianna Errigo 2015: Inna Deriglazova 2017: Inna Deriglazova 2018: Alice Volpi 2019: Inna Deriglazova 2022: Ysaora Thibus 2023: Alice Volpi
vteOlympic Fencing Champions in Women's Team Foil
1960: Prudskova, Zabelina, Shishova, Petrenko, Gorokhova, Rastvorova (URS) 1964: Marosi, Juhász, Ágoston, Dömölky, Újlaky-Rejtő (HUN) 1968: Zabelina, Samusenko, Belova, Gorokhova, Tširkova (URS) 1972: Zabelina, Samusenko, Belova, Gorokhova, Tširkova (URS) 1976: Novikova-Belova, Knyazeva, Sidorova, Gilyazova, Nikonova (URS) 1980: Latrille-Gaudin, Trinquet, Bégard, Brouquier, Muzio (FRA) 1984: Kircheis-Wessel, Weber, Hanisch, Bischoff, Funkenhauser (FRG) 1988: Bau, Fichtel, Funkenhauser, Klug, Weber (FRG) 1992: Bianchedi, Bortolozzi, Trillini, Vaccaroni, Zalaffi (ITA) 1996: Bortolozzi, Trillini, Vezzali (ITA) 2000: Bianchedi, Trillini, Vezzali (ITA) 2008: Boyko, Shanayeva, Nikishina, Lamonova (RUS) 2012: Vezzali, Di Francisca, Errigo, Salvatori (ITA) 2020: Deriglazova, Zagidullina, Korobeynikova, Martyanova (ROC) 2024: Dubrovich, Kiefer, Scruggs, Weintraub (USA)

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