Roberta Marzani

Roberta Marzani
Personal information
Born (1996-07-08) 8 July 1996
Bergamo, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportFencing
Medal record
Women's épée
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 TarragonaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2026 TarantoIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2022 OranIndividual
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2019 NaplesTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 ChengduTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2019 NaplesIndividual

Roberta Marzani (born 8 July 1996) is an Italian fencer. She is a two-time Mediterranean Games gold medalist. She won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[1][2]

Biography

In 2013 Marzani won an individual bronze medal followed by a team gold medal at the 2013 European Cadet Championships, that took place in Budapest.[3] After her performance in that competition she was selected to represent Italy in the world championship in Porec, Croatia.[4]

In 2014 she won an individual silver medal at the European Youth Championships that was held in Jerusalem, Israel and a bronze medal at the team event. The same year she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships, that was in plovdiv.[5][6]

In 2015, at the European Junior Championships in Maribor, she won a silver medal at the junior category.[7][8] In the 2016 European Junior Championships at Novi Sad, she won another individual silver medal in the women's épée.[9][10]

Between 2016 and 2019, she won a three team gold medals at the Under-23 European Championships respectively in Minsk 2017,[11] Yerevan 2018,[12] and Plovdiv 2019. In the 2019 competition she became European individual under 23 champion.[13] She also won team silver medals at the same time, in Plovdiv 2016 and yerevan 2018.[14] In 2017 she also won her first Italian absolute champion in Gorizia.[15][16]

She moved up to senior category and in 2018 she won an individual bronze at the Military Epee world championship in Nancy. She became Epee champion at the Mediterranean games at Tarragona 2018.[17][18][19] In 2021 she won a team gold at the Cassino 2021,[20] later winning one of the bronze medals in the women's individual épée event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Napoli 2019 – Medal Italy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Marzani stella europea Centra l'oro e il bronzo". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  4. ↑ "Scherma, Roberta Marzani ai campionati del mondo a Porec". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  5. ↑ Stampa, Ufficio (2014-04-08). "MONDIALI CADETTI E GIOVANI PLOVDIV2014 - VI GIORNATA - MEDAGLIA DI BRONZO PER ROBERTA MARZANI NELLA SPADA UNDER20". Federscherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  6. ↑ Stampa, Ufficio (2014-03-02). "CAMPIONATI EUROPEI CADETTI E GIOVANI - GERUSALEMME2014 - VIII GIORNATA - CURATOLI VINCE L'ORO NELLA SCIABOLA, MARZANI D'ARGENTO NELLA SPADA". Federscherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  7. ↑ Gennari, Alessandro (2015-03-03). "Marzani e Bonsanto, un argento per due". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  8. ↑ FederScherma, Ufficio Stampa (2015-03-03). "CAMPIONATI EUROPEI CADETTI E GIOVANI MARIBOR2015 - ITALIA D'ARGENTO CON ROBERTA MARZANI NELLA SPADA E FRANCESCO BONSANTO NELLA SCIABOLA UNDER20". Federscherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  9. ↑ FederScherma, Ufficio Stampa (2016-03-07). "EUROPEI CADETTI E GIOVANI - NOVI SAD 2016 - OTTAVA GIORNATA - MEDAGLIA D'ARGENTO PER ROBERTA MARZANI NELLA SPADA FEMMINILE". Federscherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  10. ↑ Gennari, Alessandro (2016-03-07). "Una certezza chiamata Roberta". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  11. ↑ Gennari, Alessandro (2017-04-25). "Una medaglia per tre colori, l'Italia saluta Minsk a quota 8". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  12. ↑ "Europei under 23: la bergamasca Roberta Marzani argento nella spada". BergamoNews (in Italian). 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  13. ↑ "Campionati Europei Under 23, medaglia d'oro per Roberta Marzani nella spada". BergamoNews (in Italian). 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  14. ↑ Gennari, Alessandro (2018-04-15). "Erevan: Italia partenza sprint, oro Cavaliere e argento Marzani". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  15. ↑ "Roberta Marzani, la regina di spade". Prima Bergamo (in Italian). 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  16. ↑ "Roberta Marzani si aggiudica l'oro ai campionati italiani di spada". BergamoNews (in Italian). 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  17. ↑ "Roberta Marzani oro nella spada. Bronzo per Nicol Foietta. Ciaraglia argento nella sciabola". www.coni.it. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  18. ↑ Farina, Alessandro (2018-06-25). "Scherma, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2018: Roberta Marzani regina nella spada! Foietta di bronzo, Ciaraglia argento nella sciabola". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  19. ↑ "Giochi del Mediterraneo, scherma: oro per la bergamasca Roberta Marzani". BergamoNews (in Italian). 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  20. ↑ "Marzani e Rizzi: podio a squadre agli Assoluti. Roberta 2ª e Jacopo 3°". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 2025-06-10. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
  21. ↑ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.