Fencing Career
Dorina is an Olympian champion in foil, renown at the international level. She was a student of the venerable Livio Di Rosa at the Circolo Scherma di Mestre. She competed in her first Olympics in Moscow in 1980, won Bronze at the world cup the following year, became the European champion in 1982 and won her first team world title. In 1983, she won both team and individual world championships, and the youth title and also the world cup, that she also won the following year for the third time. Dorina went on to win Team Silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and then the Team Gold at Barcelona in 1992.
Dorina continues to be involved in teaching the next generation of fencing athletes as a US Fencing Master.
Major Fencing Titles
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Olympics:
1984 Los Angeles Individual Bronze
1988 Seoul Team Silver
1992 Barcelona Team Gold
World:
1981 Clermont Ferrand Team Bronze
1982 Rome Team Gold & Individual Silver
1983 Vienna Individual & Team Gold
1987 Losanna Team Bronze
1990 Lyon Team Gold
1991 Budapest Team Gold
1993 Essen Team Bronze
European:
1981 Foggia Individual Silver
1982 Moedling Individual Gold