Marisa Cerani

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Marisa Cerani
Personal information
Born(1908-12-21)21 December 1908
Died11 December 1997(1997-12-11) (aged 88)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportFencing
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Warwas Foil, team

Marisa Cerani (21 December 1908 - 11 December 1997) was an Italian foil fencer. She was a pioneer in women's fencing in Italy.[1]

In 1928 she lost from the German Helene Mayer in Milan, Italy.[2] In 1934 she won the bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1934 World Fencing Championships in Warsaw, Poland together with Ada Biagini, Letizia Meneghelli and Germana Schwaiger.[3]

A book about her Marisa Cerani, una pioniera (translated: Marisa Cerani, a pioneer) was published in 2020.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. Toràn, Giancarlo Marisa Cerani, una pioniera, Napoli, Accademia Nazionale di Scherma, 2020.
  2. "Helene Mayer en Marisa Cerani". Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden (in Dutch). 5 December 1928 – via Delpher.
  3. Fencing World Championships (1921-2011) (PDF). United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Presentazione del libro "Marisa Cerani, Una pioniera"". Club Scherma Apuano (in Italian). 7 May 2021.

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