Italian Fencing Olympian Federico Vismara: Give Everything You Have | Direct Elimination Ep. 17
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🎙️ EPISODE 17 – FEDERICO VISMARA The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. Join us for an intimate conversation with Federico Vismara, one of Italy's top epee fencers from 2019-2024, having won many international medals and achieving immense team success before finishing 5th at the Paris Olympics and retiring at 27. Federico opens up about his "short and sweet" era of dominance, the mental toughness required at elite levels, and the difficult decision to step away from competition at his...
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