Dayana Martinez | |
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Full name | Dayana Martinez Hansen |
Born | Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela | 10 October 1986
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Épée |
Hand | right-handed |
National coach | Gascon(VEN) Nopens(USA) |
Club | Schoolhouse Fencing |
Medal record |
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.[1] She earned her first individual world gold medal in 2014, in women's épée, at the satellite tournament held in Kocaeli, Turkey.[2]
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.[3]