Ilaria Bianco
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 Bianco at the 2014 Orléans Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1980 Pisa, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sala d'Armi Aeronautica Militare[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Nicola Zanotti[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ilaria Bianco (born 29 May 1980 in Pisa) is an Italian sabre fencer.[2] Between 1999 and 2005, Bianco had won a total of five medals (one gold, three silver, and one bronze), as a member of the Italian team, at the World Fencing Championships.[3][4] She is a member of the fencing team for the Italian Military Air Force (Italian: Sala d'Armi Aeronautica Militare), and is coached and trained by Nicola Zanotti.[1]
Bianco represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate Gioia Marzocca.[5] She defeated China's Huang Haiyang in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing out her next match to Russia's Sofiya Velikaya, with a score of 6–15.[6]
