Ms. Namita Nayyar: You have won two Olympics gold in Fencing, won six gold medals at the World Fencing Championships, ten gold medals at European Fencing Championships and has won numerous other awards. How you remain so humble and lovable? Success has not made you the least arrogant and proud which is mostly with all the celebrity stars?
Ms. Elisa Di Francisca: I like to be and remain Elisa. The simple person and smiling, the friend of all. Don’t ever limelight change me by money or success get to my head.
Ms. Namita Nayyar: You have selected a sport which apart from individual sport is also a team sport and requires a lot of cohesiveness and family feeling between the players of the side to finally succeed, how do you achieve that?
Ms. Elisa Di Francisca: The fencing is primarily a very individual sport and when we find ourselves having to pull team immediately after an event in which we are often rivals, it is very difficult and psychologically devastating.
We can build a Dream Team in a short period of time to find the right balance and harmony necessary to fight alongside each other, to support us and often win. We are a really strong team for this spirit of cooperation and friendship that binds us.
Ms. Namita Nayyar: You were part of the charity event “The temples of Champions” to celebrate Jesi European City of Sport 2014 and the proceeds were donated to non-profit Interv. Tell us about your endeavour with charities and how in your own way you give back to the society?
Ms. Elisa Di Francisca: I believe that those who in life has been blessed by fortune as happened to me should somehow return this good fortune to others. After the London Olympics 2012 I linked to non-profit Intervita Onlus with which I also did a humanitarian trip to Africa. See many women who have suffered but they react with honor, knowing so many children and enjoy their smiles, it helped me too.
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