DI TELLA Isabel

Personal Information

Residence Boston, MA, USA

Occupation Athlete, Lecturer, Student

Languages English, Spanish

Higher education Mathematics - Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, USA

License number 10061993006

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Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at age 10.

Why this sport? Her father Rafael introduced her to the sport.

Name of coach Jose Felix Dominguez [personal]

Handedness Right

General Interest

Nicknames Isa (lanacion.com.ar, 09 Feb 2024)

Hobbies Going to the cinema, cooking. (lanacion.com.ar, 09 Feb 2024)

Memorable sporting achievement Winning gold in women's individual epee at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. (infobae.com, 01 Nov 2023; SportsDeskOnline, 07 May 2024)

Hero / Idol US mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Ronda Rousey, Argentinian judoka Paula Pareto. (coarg.org.ar, 01 Mar 2018, lanacion.com.ar, 09 Feb 2024)

Injuries She fractured the fibula in her leg in 2010. She was unable to compete for five months. (lanacion.com.au, 16 Sep 2013)

Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs She takes a shirt of Argentinian football club Racing Club de Avellaneda to competitions and wears it under her competition uniform in decisive rounds. "It's a shirt that was given to me by my father who is a Racing supporter. I always wear it in decisive rounds." (lanacion.com.ar, 09 Feb 2024; Deportv YouTube channel, 03 Nov 2023)

Awards and honours In 2022 she received the Jorge Newbery Award as Fencer of the Year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (mdzol.com, 07 Dec 2022)

In 2013 and 2022 she won the Olimpia Award in the fencing category in Argentina. (argentina.gob.ar, 22 Dec 2022; actualidadesquina.com, 18 Dec 2013)

Milestones She became the first female fencer representing Argentina to win gold in individual epee at the Pan American Games when she claimed the title at the 2023 Games in Santiago, Chile. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 May 2024)

Famous relatives Her grandfather Guido di Tella served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Argentina between 1991 and 1999. Her father Rafael Matias Di Tella Ruvira represented Argentina in fencing at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992, while her younger brother Pascual Maria Di Tella competed in the sport at seven editions of the world championships between 2014 and 2023. Her mother Astrid Steverlynck represented Argentina in alpine skiing at the Olympic Winter Games in 1988 and 1992, as well as her aunt Francisca Steverlynck who competed at the 1994 Games and her grandmother Maria Schweizer who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 May 2024; clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019; goduke.com, 2015; lanacion.com.au, 16 Sep 2013; Deportv YouTube channel, 26 Mar 2024)

Other information FURTHER EDUCATION AND TEACHING ASSISTANT
She has studied for a doctorate degree in economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] in the United States of America, while also working as a teaching assistant in macroeconomics at the same university. "Every now and then I teach some class because those are big classes, with over 150 students. I enjoy doing it, especially when I have a student who really wants to learn." (clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019; lanacion.com.ar, 09 Feb 2024)

EARLY DAYS
Born in England, she spent her early years in the United States of America. She moved to Argentina with her family at age 10 before returning to the United States of America to study at university. "I don't have any particular link with England. I was born there because my parents were studying there. I couldn't compete for another country. Argentina is where I belong in the world." (clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019; lanacion.com.ar, 09 Feb 2024)