Elisa Di Francisca

Elisa Di Francisca
Personal information
Full nameVeronica Rossella Elisa Di Francisca
Born (1982-12-13) 13 December 1982
Jesi, Italy
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryItaly
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubG.S. Fiamme Oro
Head coachGiovanna Trillini
Former coachStefano Cerioni
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 0
World Championships 7 5 3
European Championships 13 2 3
World Cup (ind.) 9 10 10
Total 31 18 16
Olympic Games
2012 London Individual foil
2012 London Team foil
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual foil
World Championships
2004 New York Team foil
2009 Antalya Team foil
2010 Paris Individual foil
2010 Paris Team foil
2013 Budapest Team foil
2014 Kazan Team foil
2015 Moscow Team foil
2006 Turin Team foil
2011 Catania Individual foil
2011 Catania Team foil
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team foil
2019 Budapest Team foil
2009 Antalya Individual foil
2013 Budapest Individual foil
2019 Budapest Individual foil
European Championships
2005 Zalaegerszeg Team foil
2009 Plovdiv Team foil
2010 Leipzig Team foil
2011 Sheffield Individual foil
2011 Sheffield Team foil
2012 Legnano Team foil
2013 Zagreb Individual foil
2013 Zagreb Team foil
2014 Strasbourg Individual foil
2014 Strasbourg Team foil
2015 Montreux Individual foil
2015 Montreux Team foil
2019 Düsseldorf Individual foil
2006 İzmir Individual foil
2016 Toruń Team foil
2004 Copenhagen Team foil
2010 Leipzig Individual foil
2019 Düsseldorf Team foil

Elisa Di Francisca (Italian pronunciation: [eˈliza di franˈtʃiska]; born 13 December 1982) is an Italian former foil fencer, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2010 and three-time European champion. She won the 2010–11 World Cup series and has seven World Cup victories to her name. With the Italian team, she was Olympic champion in 2012, five-time World champion and seven-time European champion.