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SANTUCCIO Alberta |
NOC |
Italy
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Gender | Women |
Born |
22 Oct 1994
in Catania, ITA
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Height | 1.67 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Rome, ITA |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
GS Fiamme Oro: Italy |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Psychology - University of Catania: Italy |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Travel. (Instagram profile, 08 Mar 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
Her brother encouraged her to take up the sport. |
Handedness |
Right |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began fencing at age seven. She entered her first competition in 2007. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Police Athlete |
Languages |
English, Italian, Spanish |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Albi (baku2015.com, 26 Jun 2015) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning bronze in team epee at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and winning her first individual World Cup gold medal at the 2022 event in Budapest, Hungary. (Instagram profile, 07 Mar 2022; federscherma.it, 06 Mar 2022; Facebook page, 27 Jul 2021) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Fencing is like life. There is disappointment and happiness. Each bout gives me a new and different experience from the last one." (dsport.it, 01 Dec 2015) |
Olympic Games |
2020 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Tokyo, Japan |
World Championships |
2023 |
2 |
Individual Epee |
Milan, Italy |
2023 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Milan, Italy |
2022 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Cairo, Egypt |
European Championships |
2023 (Team) |
3 |
Team Epee |
Kraków, Poland |
2022 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Antalya, Turkey |
2019 |
Quarterfinal |
Individual Epee |
Düsseldorf, Germany |
2018 |
5 |
Team Epee |
Novi Sad, Serbia |
2017 |
Final 7-8 |
Team Epee |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
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