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MARTIN-PORTUGUES Lucia

sabre
Rank7
Pts146.000
Age33
HandR

Personal Information

Residence Madrid, ESP

Occupation Athlete, Student

Languages Spanish

Higher education Dentistry - Complutense University of Madrid: Spain

License number 22101990000

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup1214
Alger (ALGERIA), 2022-11-10Athènes (GREECE), 2022-03-04Istanbul (TÜRKIYE), 2022-03-18
Athènes (GREECE), 2024-03-01
Grand Prix11-2
Tunis (TUNISIA), 2024-01-12Tunis (TUNISIA), 2023-01-14

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at age seven at the municipal school of Villanueva de la Canada in Spain.

Why this sport? She was involved in ballet when she was younger. Her brother then started fencing and she decided to switch sports. "I had to wait until he finished his lesson before our mother picked us up. And I think that after some time watching fencing I thought, 'For me it will be more action and less tutu', and my mother switched me to fencing."

Club / Team Club de Esgrima Oso y Madrono: Madrid, ESP

Name of coach Jose Luis Alvarez [national], ESP

Training Regime She trains for up to 10 hours per day.

Handedness Right

General Interest

Hobbies Listening to music. (marca.com, 31 Oct 2020)

Most influential person in career Her mother. (rfeEsgrima Twitter profile, 23 Mar 2021)

Hero / Idol Spanish taekwondoka Coral Bistuer. (rfeEsgrima Twitter profile, 23 Mar 2021)

Sporting philosophy / motto "Fencing and sport have taught me to have discipline, to make mistakes, to fall down and to learn." (Instagram profile, 24 Jan 2021)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and to become a dentist. (goyache.es, 01 Feb 2023; as.com, 18 Mar 2022)

Other information COMBINING SPORT AND STUDIES
She combines her sporting career with her dentistry studies. "They both teach me patience, that things do not always come along no matter how hard you try and that the patient, or your rival, will always try to trick you." (as.com, 18 Mar 2022)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as a referee at fencing competitions in Spain. (as.com, 18 Mar 2022)

EPILEPSY
At age 17 she was diagnosed with epilepsy. "It is not difficult to control because I do not convulse, but I do have some crisis in which I become mentally absent and cannot react. I have even suffered one in the middle of a competition. But, even so, I can still pursue a career in the sport." (olympics.com, 16 Mar 2023; elcorreo.com, 11 Mar 2022; marca.com, 31 Oct 2020)

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