Arianna Errigo (born 6 June 1988) is an Italian left-handed foil and sabre fencer.

Errigo is a nine-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, six-time team world champion, and two-time individual world champion. Known for her aggressive and fast fencing, she is regarded as one of the greatest fencers of all time.

A three-time Olympian, Errigo is a 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, 2012 team Olympic champion, and 2012 individual Olympic silver medalist. Errigo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Errigo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.

Biography In the women's individual foil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she denied her compatriot Valentina Vezzali her fourth successive gold medal in the competition by defeating her 15–12 in the all-Italian semi-finals. She went on to win the silver medal in the event, losing in extra time to another compatriot Elisa Di Francisca.

At the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, Errigo won 2 consecutive gold medals in the individual event.

After the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where she failed to win a medal, Errigo announced an interest in qualifying for both foil and sabre at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.Arianna Errigo Aims for Foil and Sabre in 2020 She later won a silver medal at the sabre Grand Prix in Cancún, Mexico, in December 2017.

On 13 June 2024, she received the tricolor flag from the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, together with the Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Medal record Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2012 London, United KingdomIndividual Women's Foil2nd2012 London, United KingdomTeam Women's Foil1st2021 Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Foil3rd2024 Paris, FranceTeam Women's Foil2nd

World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2009 Antalya, TurkeyIndividual Women's Foil3rd2009 Antalya, TurkeyTeam Women's Foil1st2010 Paris, FranceIndividual Women's Foil2nd2010 Paris, FranceTeam Women's Foil1st2011 Catania, ItalyTeam Women's Foil2nd2013 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Foil1st2013 Budapest, HungaryTeam Women's Foil1st2014 Kazan, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil1st2014 Kazan, RussiaTeam Women's Foil1st2015 Moscow, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil3rd2015 Moscow, RussiaTeam Women's Foil1st2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTeam Women's Foil2nd2017 Leipzig, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil3rd2017 Paris, FranceTeam Women's Foil1st2018 Wuxi, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd2018 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Women's Foil2nd2019 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Foil3rd2019 Budapest, HungaryTeam Women's Foil2nd2022 Cairo, EgyptIndividual Women's Foil2nd2022 Cairo, EgyptTeam Women's Foil1st2023 Milan, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil2nd2023 Milan, ItalyTeam Women's Foil1st2025 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Foil3rd

European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2009 Plovdiv, BulgariaIndividual Women's Foil3rd2009 Plovdiv, BulgariaTeam Women's Foil1st2010 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Foil1st2011 Sheffield, United KingdomTeam Women's Foil1st2012 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil3rd2012 Legnano, ItalyTeam Women's Foil1st2013 Zagreb, CroatiaTeam Women's Foil1st2014 Strasbourg, FranceTeam Women's Foil1st2015 Montreux, SwitzerlandIndividual Women's Foil3rd2015 Montreux, SwitzerlandTeam Women's Foil1st2016 Toruń, PolandIndividual Women's Foil1st2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Women's Foil2nd2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaIndividual Women's Foil1st2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Foil1st2018 Novi Sad, SerbiaIndividual Women's Foil2nd2018 Novi Sad, SerbiaTeam Women's Foil1st2019 Düsseldorf, GermanyTeam Women's Foil3rd2022 Antalya, TurkeyIndividual Women's Foil2nd2022 Antalya, TurkeyTeam Women's Foil1st

Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition27 February 2009 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil1st15 May 2009 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil2nd22 May 2009 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil2nd26 February 2010 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil2nd25 February 2011 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil3rd21 May 2011 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil2nd28 April 2012 Marseille, FranceIndividual Women's Foil2nd19 May 2012 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil3rd2 January 2013 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil1st31 January 2014 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil1st26 April 2014 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil2nd23 May 2014 Marseille, FranceIndividual Women's Foil1st28 November 2014 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil1st27 November 2015 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil3rd3 November 2016 Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Foil1st6 March 2016 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil1st12 February 2016 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil3rd17 March 2017 Long Beach, CaliforniaIndividual Women's Foil3rd12 January 2017 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil3rd15 December 2017 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Sabre2nd17 May 2019 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd

World Cup DateLocationEventPosition21 February 2009 Leipzig, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil3rd21 June 2009 Dallas, TexasIndividual Women's Foil1st13 February 2010 Salzburg, AustriaIndividual Women's Foil3rd5 March 2010 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd6 July 2010 Havana, CubaIndividual Women's Foil2nd3 November 2011 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil2nd6 May 2011 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil2nd2 October 2012 Tauberbischofsheim, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil3rd23 March 2012 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Foil3rd6 March 2012 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil2nd2 August 2013 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Foil3rd3 August 2013 Tauberbischofsheim, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil3rd22 March 2013 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil1st5 March 2013 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd2 July 2014 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Foil3rd26 February 2014 St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil1st21 March 2014 Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil3rd5 February 2014 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil1st17 October 2014 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Foil1st11 July 2014 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceIndividual Women's Foil1st2 June 2015 Algier, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Foil2nd5 January 2015 Tauberbischofsheim, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil2nd11 June 2015 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceIndividual Women's Foil1st15 January 2016 Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil1st2 May 2016 Algier, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Foil3rd5 February 2016 Tauberbischofsheim, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil2nd14 October 2016 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Foil1st11 April 2016 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceIndividual Women's Foil3rd13 January 2017 Algier, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Foil3rd28 April 2017 Tauberbischofsheim, GermanyIndividual Women's Foil2nd13 October 2017 Cancún, MexicoIndividual Women's Foil3rd1 November 2019 Katowice, PolandIndividual Women's Foil3rd22 November 2019 Cairo, EgyptIndividual Women's Foil1st

Honours and awards : Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Commander Order of Merit of the Italian Republic), 5 June 2013. Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig.ra Arianna Errigo. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

References

External links

Arianna Errigo at the Federazione Italiana Scherma

Arianna Errigo at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)