Margherita Granbassi

Margherita Granbassi (; born 1 September 1979) is an Italian foil fencer.

Granbassi won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating her compatriot Valentina Vezzali 7–6 in the final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with teammates Vezzali, Elisa Di Francisca and Giovanna Trillini. She took the bronze medal on August 11, 2008, at the Beijing Olympics defeating her teammate Giovanna Trillini 15–12.

Early life Margherita Granbassi was born on 1 September 1979 in Trieste, Italy, to Istrian Italian exiles from Pisino. Her grandfather came to Trieste from Pisino to study, and eventually settled there. Granbassi has stated that she always felt in her family "a feeling of Istrian [Italian] origin". After starting fencing in Trieste, she went to train in Udine for 11 years, being driven there every day by her mother while listening to an audio cassette on which she had registered the day's school lesson. In 1996 she won gold medals at the Italian Under-17 and Under-20 championships.