Arianna Errigo (born 6 June 1988) is an Italian left-handed foil and sabre fencer.^[1]

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Arianna Errigo
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Born	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 35) Monza, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil, sabre
Hand	left-handed
Club	CS Carabinieri
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Women's foil Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2012 London Individual 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2009 Antalya Team 2010 Paris Team 2013 Budapest Individual 2013 Budapest Team 2014 Kazan Individual 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team 2017 Leipzig Team 2022 Cairo Team 2023 Milan Team 2010 Paris Individual 2011 Catania Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2018 Wuxi Team 2019 Budapest Team 2022 Cairo Individual 2023 Milan Individual 2009 Antalya Individual 2015 Moscow Individual 2017 Leipzig Individual 2018 Wuxi Individual 2019 Budapest Individual European Championships 2009 Plovdiv Team 2010 Leipzig Team 2011 Sheffield Team 2012 Legnano Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2014 Strasbourg Team 2015 Montreux Team 2016 Toruń Individual 2017 Tbilisi Individual 2017 Tbilisi Team 2018 Novi Sad Team 2022 Antalya Team 2016 Toruń Team 2018 Novi Sad Individual 2022 Antalya Individual 2009 Plovdiv Individual 2012 Legnano Individual 2015 Montreux Individual 2019 Düsseldorf Team

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Errigo is a nine-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, six-time team world champion, and two-time individual world champion. Known for her aggressive and fast fencing, she is regarded as one of the greatest fencers of all time.

A three-time Olympian, Errigo is a 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, 2012 team Olympic champion, and 2012 individual Olympic silver medalist. Errigo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Errigo is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.^[2]

In the women's individual foil at the 2012 Summer Olympics she denied her compatriot Valentina Vezzali her fourth successive gold medal in the competition by defeating her 15–12 in the semi-finals.^[3] She went on to win the silver medal in the event, losing in extra time to Elisa Di Francisca.^[4]

At the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, Errigo won 2 consecutive gold medals in the individual event.^[5]

After the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where she failed to win a medal, Errigo announced an interest in qualifying for both foil and sabre at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.^[6] She later won a silver medal at the sabre grand prix in Cancún, Mexico, in December 2017.^[7]

 Italy: Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italian for: Commander Order of Merit of the Italian Republic), 5 June 2013.^[106]