Background
Moellhausen was born in Milan from a Italian-German father and an Italo-Brazilian mother, stylist Valeria Ferlini–she holds dual citizenship.
Moellhausen was born in Milan from a Italian-German father and an Italo-Brazilian mother, stylist Valeria Ferlini–she holds dual citizenship.
She now represents Brazil. She began fencing at the age of five at her school, then at CS Mangiarotti, where she trained under Nicola Pomarnasky, then Sandro Resegotti. At the age of 18 she joined Christian Science Aeronautica Militare, the sport section of the Italian Air Force, and moved to Paris to be coached by Daniel Levavasseur, who was training Laura Flessel at the time.
The 2008-2009 season saw her climb her first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix.
lieutenant was followed by bronzes in Tauberbischofsheim and Budapest, silver in the Montreal World Cup and gold in the Lobnya World Cup. In the 2009 World Championships in Antalya she was stopped in the round of 32, but in the team event she conquered Italy"s first gold in women"s épée along with Bianca Delegate Carretto, Francesca Quondamcarlo and Cristiana Cascioli.
Moellhausen finished the season Number.8 in world rankings, her personal best as of 2014. In the World Championships at Paris, she made her way to the semifinals where she was defeated by Emese Szász of Hungary and came away with the bronze medal.
Moellhausen"s pre-Olympic season was plagued by a string of injuries.
In the World Championships in Catania, she fell in the table of 32 to South of Korea"s Jung Hyo-jung. In the team event, Italy reached the semi-finals where they were defeated by China. Moellhausen was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics only as a reserve for the team
Italy was defeated in the quarter-finals by the United States and earned no medal.
After the Games Moellhausen took a break in her sport career and assumed the artistic direction of the 2013 centenary gala of the International Fencing Federation at the Grand Palais in Paris. She announced in early 2014 her decision to come back to competition, this time under the Brazilian flag.
She explained that fencing for Brazil, which has no other female épée fencer in the Top 100, allows her to aim for a qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro while pursuing a professional career. She went back training under Levavasseur and Laura Flessel.
She was eliminated in the first round in her two first competitions since the 2012 Olympics, the Barcelona Grand Prix and the Rio World Cup, but she reached the quarter-finals in the Pan American Championships.
In the team event Italy were overcome by Estonia in the table of 16 and could not defend their title.