Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and won an additional silver and two bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions.
Biography She has two brothers, Ezio and Roberto, who were both fencers. In 2001, she got her degree in Sport Science at the University of Urbino.Trillini won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15–8 to Margherita Granbassi in the semi-final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her teammates Elisa Di Francisca, Margherita Granbassi and Valentina Vezzali.
In 1998 she married Giovanni Battista Rotella. They have two children: Claudia, born on 12 September 2005 and Giovanni, born on 1 August 2009.
Achievements Olympic Games Foil individual (1992) and Foil team (1992, 1996, 2000) Foil individual (2004) Foil individual (1996, 2000) and Foil team (2008)
World Championships Foil individual (1991, 1997) and Foil team (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004) Foil individual (1990, 1995) and Foil team (1986, 1994, 2006) Foil individual (1989, 1998, 2006, 2007) and Foil team (1987)
European Championships Foil team (1999, 2000) Foil individual (2001) Foil individual (1994) and Foil team (1998, 2007)
Mediterranean Games Foil individual (1997) Foil individual (1991, 1993)
Fencing World Cup Foil (1991, 1994, 1995, 1998)
Honours and awards : Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Grand Officer Order of Merit of the Italian Republic), 1 September 2008
See also Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships Italy national fencing team – Multiple medallist List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists
References
External links
Giovanna Trillini at FIE