Francesca PALUMBO
🇮🇹 ITA · CENTRO SPORTIVO AERONAUTICA MI · Left-handed
Women’s Foil, 2008–2026
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About this fencer
FIE 23447 · FIS 609871
- Club
- Frascati Scherma, CS Aeronautica Militare
- Coach
- Stefano Cerioni (national)
- Olympic team
- 0 Gold1 Silver0 Bronze
- World Championships team
- 2 Gold1 Silver0 Bronze
Record and rankings
Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.
- Results
- 115
- Podiums
- 20
- Competitions won
- 2
- FIS ranking
- 6th Foil · 67,833.422 pt as of 19 Oct 2026
- FIE ranking
- 41st Senior Foil · 2026–27
- Best FIE ranking
- 6th 2021–22
- Best finish
- 1st of 106, FIE Junior World Cup, Budapest 2013
Results
Results: 115
| When | Competition | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2022 | FIE World Cup, Belgrade, April 2022FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 21st of 170 |
| 25 Feb 2022 | FIE World Cup, Guadalajara 2022FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 9th of 142 |
| 14 Jan 2022 | FIE World Cup, Poznan 2022FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 5th of 184 |
| 10 Dec 2021 | FIE World Cup, Saint-Maur 2021FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 3rd of 184 |
| 26 Mar 2021 | FIE Grand Prix, Doha 2021FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 29th of 144 |
| 21 Feb 2020 | FIE World Cup, Kazan 2020FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 38th of 153 |
| 7 Feb 2020 | FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2020FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 14th of 177 |
| 10 Jan 2020 | FIE World Cup, Katowice 2020FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 35th of 195 |
| 13 Dec 2019 | FIE World Cup, Saint-Maur, December 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 18th of 205 |
| 22 Nov 2019 | FIE World Cup, Cairo, November 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 17th of 170 |
| 17 Jul 2019 | FIE World Championships, Budapest 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 12th of 146 |
| 19 Jun 2019 | FIE Zonal Championships, Düsseldorf 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 10th of 58 |
| 17 May 2019 | FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 7th of 184 |
| 3 May 2019 | FIE World Cup, Tauberbischofsheim 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 50th of 203 |
| 16 Mar 2019 | FIE Grand Prix, Anaheim 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 42nd of 149 |
| 1 Mar 2019 | FIE World Cup, Cairo, March 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 36th of 141 |
| 8 Feb 2019 | FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 3rd of 170 |
| 25 Jan 2019 | FIE World Cup, Saint-Maur, January 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 3rd of 198 |
| 11 Jan 2019 | FIE World Cup, Katowice 2019FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 8th of 196 |
| 23 Nov 2018 | FIE World Cup, Algiers, November 2018FIE | Senior Women’s Foil | 14th of 156 |
Videos
Cyrus of Chaos
Individual bout Francesca Palumbo v Alice Volpi
Cyrus of Chaos
Individual bout Francesca Palumbo v Carlotta Ferrari
Cyrus of Chaos
Individual bout Francesca Palumbo v Martina Sinigalia
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Alice VOLPI beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–8 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2025 · Foil · 17 May 2025
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Lauren SCRUGGS, 15–7 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2025 · Foil · 17 May 2025
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Zander RHODES, 15–4 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2025 · Foil · 17 May 2025
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Reina IWAMOTO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–11 FIE Grand Prix, Lima 2025 · Foil · 22 Mar 2025
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Alina POLOZIUK, 15–10 FIE Grand Prix, Lima 2025 · Foil · 22 Mar 2025
All their bouts on video (63 more)
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Arianna ERRIGO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–6 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2025 · Foil · 7 Feb 2025 Other recordings of this bout Fencing Vision
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Dariia MYRONIUK, 15–11 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2025 · Foil · 7 Feb 2025 Other recordings of this bout Fencing Vision
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Katerina LUNG, 15–12 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2025 · Foil · 7 Feb 2025
Cyrus of Chaos
· Table of 16 Individual bout Martina FAVARETTO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–13 FIE World Cup, Tunis 2024 · Foil · 22 Nov 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
Individual bout Beatrice Monaco v Francesca Palumbo
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Individual bout Arianna Errigo v Francesca Palumbo
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Amita BERTHIER, 15–10 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2024 · Foil · 18 May 2024
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Anna CRISTINO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–8 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2024 · Foil · 18 May 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Quarter-finals Individual bout Jacqueline DUBROVICH beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–9 FIE World Cup, Hong Kong 2024 · Foil · 2 May 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Alice VOLPI, 15–11 FIE World Cup, Hong Kong 2024 · Foil · 2 May 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Table of 16 Individual bout Martina FAVARETTO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 10–9 FIE Grand Prix, Washington DC 2024 · Foil · 16 Mar 2024 Other recordings of this bout Fencing Vision
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Shiori TAKEZAWA, 15–12 FIE Grand Prix, Washington DC 2024 · Foil · 16 Mar 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Table of 16 Individual bout Martina SINIGALIA beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–7 FIE World Cup, Cairo 2024 · Foil · 23 Feb 2024
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Maia Mei WEINTRAUB beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–5 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2024 · Foil · 10 Feb 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Quarter-finals Individual bout Martina FAVARETTO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 6–5 FIE World Cup, Paris 2024 · Foil · 11 Jan 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Ysaora THIBUS, 11–10 FIE World Cup, Paris 2024 · Foil · 11 Jan 2024
Cyrus of Chaos
· Semi-finals Individual bout Martina BATINI beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–12 FIE Zonal Championships, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 18 Jun 2023 Other recordings of this bout Fencing Vision
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Hanna LYCZBINSKA, 15–8 FIE Zonal Championships, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 18 Jun 2023
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Flora PASZTOR beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–9 FIE World Cup, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 5 May 2023
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Lior DRUCK, 15–5 FIE Zonal Championships, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 18 Jun 2023
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Sumire TSUJI, 15–11 FIE World Cup, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 5 May 2023
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Leandra BEHR, 15–6 FIE Zonal Championships, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 18 Jun 2023
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Lilli Maria BRUGGER, 15–3 FIE World Cup, Plovdiv 2023 · Foil · 5 May 2023
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Alina POLOZIUK beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–11 FIE World Cup, Tbilisi 2023 · Foil · 2 Jun 2023
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Alice RECHER beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–12 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2023 · Foil · 20 May 2023
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Martina SINIGALIA beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–1 FIE Grand Prix, Busan 2023 · Foil · 18 Mar 2023
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Ysaora THIBUS beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–8 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023 · Foil · 11 Feb 2023
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Jacqueline DUBROVICH, 12–7 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023 · Foil · 11 Feb 2023
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Minseo CHOI, 15–10 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023 · Foil · 11 Feb 2023
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Nok Sze Daphne CHAN, 15–6 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2023 · Foil · 11 Feb 2023
Cyrus of Chaos
· Semi-finals Individual bout Lee KIEFER beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–10 FIE World Cup, Paris 2023 · Foil · 12 Jan 2023
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Arianna ERRIGO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–3 FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022 · Foil · 17 Jul 2022
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Leonie EBERT, 15–10 FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022 · Foil · 17 Jul 2022
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Zander RHODES, 15–13 FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022 · Foil · 17 Jul 2022
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Ariadna CASTRO, 15–9 FIE World Championships, Cairo 2022 · Foil · 17 Jul 2022
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Martina FAVARETTO, 15–11 FIE Zonal Championships, Antalya 2022 · Foil · 19 Jun 2022
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Arianna ERRIGO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–3 FIE Zonal Championships, Antalya 2022 · Foil · 19 Jun 2022
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Eleanor HARVEY beat Francesca PALUMBO, 13–7 FIE Grand Prix, Incheon 2022 · Foil · 14 May 2022
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Lauren SCRUGGS, 15–13 FIE Grand Prix, Incheon 2022 · Foil · 14 May 2022
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Flora PASZTOR, 15–9 FIE Grand Prix, Incheon 2022 · Foil · 14 May 2022
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Camilla MANCINI beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–9 FIE World Cup, Belgrade, April 2022 · Foil · 16 Apr 2022
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Maria BOLDOR, 15–9 FIE World Cup, Belgrade, April 2022 · Foil · 16 Apr 2022
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Marta MARTYANOVA beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–7 FIE Grand Prix, Doha 2021 · Foil · 26 Mar 2021 Other recordings of this bout Cyrus of Chaos
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Elisa VARDARO, 15–11 FIE Grand Prix, Doha 2021 · Foil · 26 Mar 2021 Other recordings of this bout Cyrus of Chaos
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Elisa DI FRANCISCA beat Francesca PALUMBO, 6–5 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2020 · Foil · 7 Feb 2020
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Komaki KIKUCHI, 15–6 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2020 · Foil · 7 Feb 2020
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Arantza INOSTROZA, 15–5 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2020 · Foil · 7 Feb 2020
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Arianna ERRIGO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–7 FIE World Championships, Budapest 2019 · Foil · 17 Jul 2019
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Saskia Loretta VAN ERVEN GARCIA, 15–4 FIE World Championships, Budapest 2019 · Foil · 17 Jul 2019
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Irem KARAMETE, 15–14 FIE World Championships, Budapest 2019 · Foil · 17 Jul 2019
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Leonie EBERT beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–13 FIE Zonal Championships, Düsseldorf 2019 · Foil · 19 Jun 2019
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Kate BEARDMORE, 15–3 FIE Zonal Championships, Düsseldorf 2019 · Foil · 19 Jun 2019
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Marta LYCZBINSKA, 13–7 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2019 · Foil · 17 May 2019
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Arianna ERRIGO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–11 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2019 · Foil · 17 May 2019
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Beatrice MONACO, 12–11 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2019 · Foil · 17 May 2019
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Eleanor HARVEY, 14–10 FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2019 · Foil · 17 May 2019
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Xingxin HUO beat Francesca PALUMBO, 15–13 FIE World Cup, Cairo, March 2019 · Foil · 1 Mar 2019
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Eleanor HARVEY, 13–11 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2019 · Foil · 8 Feb 2019
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Victoria YUSOVA, 15–5 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2019 · Foil · 8 Feb 2019
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· Table of 16 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Nzingha PRESCOD, 15–6 FIE Grand Prix, Turin 2019 · Foil · 8 Feb 2019
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· Table of 32 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Kristina SAMSONOVA, 15–5 FIE World Cup, Katowice 2019 · Foil · 11 Jan 2019
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· Table of 64 Individual bout Francesca PALUMBO beat Nzingha PRESCOD, 15–5 FIE World Cup, Katowice 2019 · Foil · 11 Jan 2019
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· Quarter-finals Individual bout Lee KIEFER beat Francesca PALUMBO, 14–13 FIE World Cup, Katowice 2019 · Foil · 11 Jan 2019
Head to head
Against left-handers 90–32 · right-handers 266–107, where the FIE says which hand they fence with. Left and right
Everyone they’ve met in events whose bouts are kept here, the most met first. Each goes to their bouts together.
| Against | Won | Lost | Last met | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice VOLPI | 2 | 7 | 7 Nov 2025 | ▶ Watch |
| Arianna ERRIGO | 2 | 6 | 9 Jan 2026 | ▶ Watch |
| Eleanor HARVEY | 4 | 2 | 28 Mar 2025 | ▶ Watch |
| Flora PASZTOR | 3 | 3 | 5 Dec 2025 | ▶ Watch |
| Martina SINIGALIA | 3 | 3 | 9 Jan 2026 | ▶ Watch |
Everyone they’ve met (283 more)
Figures
rating, ranking and how they fence
Over time
As a table
| Season | Weapon | fency ELO | FIE ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Foil | 2,035 | 41st Senior |
| 2025–26 | Foil | 2,049 | 37th Senior |
| 2024–25 | Foil | 2,040 | 25th Senior |
| 2023–24 | Foil | 2,070 | 23rd Senior |
| 2022–23 | Foil | 2,016 | 10th Senior |
| 2021–22 | Foil | 2,030 | 6th Senior |
| 2020–21 | Foil | 1,981 | 24th Senior |
| 2019–20 | Foil | 1,999 | 19th Senior |
| 2018–19 | Foil | 2,015 | 10th Senior |
| 2017–18 | Foil | 1,865 | 56th Senior |
| 2016–17 | Foil | 1,887 | 43rd Senior |
| 2015–16 | Foil | 1,747 | 141st Senior |
| 2014–15 | Foil | 1,714 | 97th Senior |
| 2013–14 | Foil | 1,742 | 172nd Senior |
| 2012–13 | Foil | 1,723 | 176th Senior |
| 2011–12 | Foil | 1,659 | 178th Senior |
| 2010–11 | Foil | 1,613 | |
| 2009–10 | Foil | 1,574 | |
| 2008–09 | Foil | 1,524 |
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How they fence
| Stage | Won–lost | An average bout | By one touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | 216–63 77% | 4.3–2.5 | 29–16 |
| Tables | 140–76 65% | 12.6–10.4 | 16–13 |