Elisa Di Francisca

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elisa Di Francisca
Occupation	Fencer
Date Of Birth	Dec 13, 1982(1982-12-13)
Age	42
Birthplace	Iesi
Country	Italy
Birth City	Marche
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Elisa Di Francisca Biography

Elisa Di Francisca is one of the most popular and richest Fencer who was born on December 13, 1982 in Iesi, Marche, Italy. Elisa Di Francisca (Italian pronunciation [e’liza di Fran’tSiska born on 13 December, 1982) is an Italian foil fencer who was Olympic champion of 2012, World champion of 2010 and three time European champion. She was in the 10-11 World Cup series and has seven World Cup victories to her name. As part of the Italian team she won Olympic winner in the year 2012 Five-time World champion, and the seven-time European champion.

In the 2004-05 campaign, she made her debut on the World Cup podium with a silver medal in Salzburg and then went to take home her first Havana World Cup. She took home the Senior Italian victory in the group event , and the first European title as well as while with the team. It was the World Championships in Leipzig saw her debut in the individual event. She made it to the quarter-finals in which she fell in the final to the Hungarian Edina Knapek. The results helped propel her into the No.6 in the world rankings.

The following season she placed third in the Seoul Grand Prix and the Marseille World Cup. She claimed her first individual European medal in İzmir, a silver, after defeating fellow Italian Claudia Pigliapoco in the semi- finals, but losing to Russia’s Yana Ruzavina in the final. At the 2006 World Fencing Championships held on home ground in Turin Di Francisca lost again in the quarter-finals, this time to teammate Vezzali. In the team event director of foil Andrea Magro called Di Francisca in the quarter-finals against France to replace Granbassi, who was still emotional after having won the individual world title. Italy overcame France 32–30, then prevailed over Korea to meet Russia in the final. Di Francisca was called to replace Granbassi again after the latter lost 0–5 her bout to Aida Shanayeva. Entering on 15–19 in the last relay she defeated 4–1 Svetlana Boiko, allowing captain Vezzali to level the score. Italy was eventually defeated in sudden-death overtime and doomed to a silver medal.

The 2008–09 season saw Di Francisca’s return to form with four quarter-finals finishes and a silver medal at the Dallas World Cup. She was called again into the national team for the European Championships in Plovdiv. In the individual event she was stopped in table of 16 by teammate Arianna Errigo, but in the team event Italy defeated successively Romania, France and Russia to take back the continental title, four years after Zalaegerszeg. At the World Championships she reached the semi-finals after defeating Valentina Vezzali, then lost to Russia’s Aida Shanayeva and came away with a bronze medal, her first individual distinction in World Championships. In the team event Italy met Russia in the final and took revenge for the lost match in Torino by defeating them 45–33, including a 5–0 bout by Di Francisca against Shanayeva. Italy was thus able to reclaim the world title that had eluded them since

2004. Di Francisca finished the season No.5 in World rankings.

She broke through during the season 2003-2004. She made it to the quarter- finals of three of the senior World Cup events, in Como, St Petersburg and New York. The results led her to be selected as a reserve for the senior national team made up from Margherita Granbassi Giovanna Trillini as well as Valentina Vezzali. In the European Championships in Copenhagen she finished fifth in the single event, and won bronze medals together with the team. The athlete was able to make the World Championships debut at the New York event held on the sidelines of the 2004 Summer Olympics for women’s team foil and the sabre. Italy won against Romania in the finalto win Di Francisca her first world title. She finished the year No.21 in the world rankings following having jumped 98 places.

Elisa Di Francisca Net Worth

Elisa Di Francisca is one of the richest Fencer from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elisa Di Francisca 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Di Francisca was born in Jesi which is a town in The province of Ancona in Marche and was the daughter of the Sicilian father as well as a mother who hails from Marche. She is the oldest of three children. Her twin sister Martina who was born in the year 1984, and the younger older brother Michele was born in the year 1991. She began ballet for the first time but was a bit for her. It was too quiet. Along with her sister she decided to try fencing, which is the town’s official sport, coached by the legendary Ezio Triccoli, Club Scherma Jesi produced Olympic champions Stefano Cerioni, Giovanna Trillini and Valentina Vezzali. Di Francesca immediately took to the sport and carried on when her sister had given up and dragging her brother along into her footsteps.

Di Francisca started her education under the maestro Ezio Triccoli, then Giulio Tomassini, and finally Stefano Cerioni. The young athlete showed great the potential to be a winner, winning the Italian national championship in the age category. She also was awarded an award of silver at the national junior championships as well as an honorary bronze medal at the senior competition. She started participating in international competitions. She won an award of bronze in the year 2001 Junior World Cup event in Lyon.

2006–07 and 2007–08 were more difficult seasons, with only a silver medal at the 2007 Salzburg World Cup. Di Francisca was not selected into the team for the 2007 European Championships nor for the 2007 World Championships and failed to qualify to the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was offered to go to Beijing as a sparring partner for the team, but she refused, saying that if she was to go for the sake of tourism, she preferred to choose her own destinations.

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Di Francisca is involved in several campaigns to end violence against women, testifying from her own experience of an abusive relationship when she was in high school. After the 2012 Summer Olympics she visited Kenya as part of a campaign by NGO Intervita Onlus to help underprivileged children and women. She is also committed to promoting Italy, especially Marche her home region. She is one of the ambassadors of Expo 2015 and the face of the 2015 campaign of the Wine Institute of Marche promoting Verdicchio.

Facts & Trivia

Elisa Ranked on the list of most popular Fencer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Elisa Di Francisca celebrates birthday on December 13 of every year.

In the 2013–14 season Di Francisca claimed three silver medals in St Petersburg, Tauberbischofsheim and Turin, as well as a bronze medal in Marseille. At the European Championships in Strasbourg she made her way to the semi-finals where she met Valentina Vezzali. After a cagey beginning which saw the first period end on 1 all, Di Francisca took control of the bout, striking 10 hits in a row and closing on 15–3. In the final she met another Italian, Martina Batini, against whom she had lost in the final at Tauberbischofsheim earlier in the season. Her opponent took a 5–2 lead, but Di Francisca hit 13 times in a row to conquer her third European title. In the team event Italy reached the final without any hassle, but met with strong opposition from Russia, who led most of the match. Chosen to close against Inna Deriglazova, Di Francisca entered the last leg on 38–40 for Russia. Deriglazova gained a 4–0 lead, taking the score to 44–38 with only one hit needed for the victory and 2′04″ to go. Di Francisca hit six times in a row to level the score. She finally struck the winning hit with one second remaining, allowing Italy to retain their European title and taking her second double European gold haul in a row.

Top Facts about Elisa Di Francisca

1. Elisa Di Francisca is an Italian Olympic fencer.
2. She was born on December 13, 1982 in Jesi, Italy.
3. Di Francisca has won three Olympic medals: gold, silver and bronze.
4. She won the individual foil gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
5. Di Francisca has also won six World Championship medals.
6. She is a five-time European Champion in individual and team events.
7. In total, she has won over 20 major international titles.
8. Di Francisca is known for her aggressive style of fencing.
9. She started fencing at age seven with her father as coach.
10. Outside of fencing, she holds a degree in law from the University of Urbino Carlo Bo.