Ilaria Bianco

Career

Bianco represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women"s individual sabre event, along with her teammate Gioia Marzocca. She defeated China"s Huang Haiyang in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing out her next match to Russia"s Sofiya Velikaya, with a score of 6–15.

Achievements

• Between 1999 and 2005, Bianco had won a total of five medals (one gold, three silver, and one bronze), as a member of the Italian team, at the World Fencing Championships.

Membership

She is a member of the fencing team for the Italian Military Air Force (Italian: Sala d"Armi Aeronautica Militare), and is coached and trained by Nicola Zanotti.