Dayana Martinez | |
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Full name | Dayana Martinez Hansen |
Born |
Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela |
10 October 1986
Weapon(s) | Épée |
Hand | right-handed |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
National coach(es) | Gascon(VEN) Nopens(USA) |
Club | Schoolhouse Fencing |
Medal record
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Dayana Martinez is a Venezuelan épée fencer. She has competed in three FIE world championships: 2010 Paris, France, 2013 Budapest, Hungary, and 2014 Kazan, Russia. She earned her first individual world gold medal in 2014, in women's épée, at the satellite tournament held in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Fencing is a family sport for Dayana, she competes alongside her sister, two-time olympian Maria Martinez and cousins, 2012 Men's Épée Olympic Champion Ruben Limardo and his younger brother, 2008 olympian Francisco Limardo.
Dayana attended university in the United States, graduating with a bachelor of arts in Latin American Studies from Brigham Young University in 2013.