Alberta Santuccio (born 22 October 1994) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, 2024 team Olympic champion and 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist.
Early life Santuccio was born on 22 October 1994, in Catania, Italy. She began fencing at the age of seven after witnessing her brother Giorgio play the sport.
Career While competing with the CS Acireale, Santuccio won a gold medal in the individual event at the European Cadet Championship and in the international under 17 circuits. As such, she was chosen to be the flag bearer in 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. During the games, Santuccio won gold in the mixed team tournament and then silver in the girls' individual Épée. Santuccio also won two bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 Fencing World Cup. In 2015, Santuccio came back from ninth place to beat Russia 40–36 in the 2015 European Games for a bronze medal.
Santuccio was selected to represent Team Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she helped them win a bronze medal in the Team épée.
Medal record Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2021 Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Épée3rd
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2022 Cairo, EgyptTeam Women's Épée2nd
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2022 Antalya, TurkeyTeam Women's Épée2nd
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition2017-05-26 Bogotá, ColombiaIndividual Women's Épée3rd2022-03-05 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Épée1st
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2014-03-07 Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée3rd2018-11-09 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Women's Épée3rd2022-05-27 Katowice, PolandIndividual Women's Épée2nd
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