Irene Vecchi


Irene Vecchi is an Italian sabre fencer. She earned a bronze medal in the 2013 World Championships and 2017 World Championships, an individual bronze at the 2013 European Championships and won the team gold medal at the 2011 European Fencing Championships. She has twice competed for Italy at the Olympics, in the women's sabre individual in 2012 and 2016 and in the women's team sabre in 2016.
Vecchi has a degree in political science from the University of Pisa, and works as a police officer. She began to fence at the age of eight; her mother worked at a fencing hall and enrolled her.