Ms. Namita Nayyar:
How did you feel after your memorable wins of three individual Foil Gold medals at three consecutive Olympics – Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 ?
Ms. Valentina Vezzali:
I remember all of them with great pleasure, you can not forget the excitement and happiness in keeping the flag flying. However, the medal to which I am particularly attached is the bronze one won at the London Olympic Games 2012. I think I made a little miracle and people do not end up even today to thank me for what I did. I was able to excite my country and that makes me proud of it.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
It is known that you had fought back in matches with sheer determination against all odds and returned to win. How you were able to overcome mental block when your team is trailing and then reversed the final outcome of the match in your favor and what advice you can give to fellow sports person in a similar situation?
Ms. Valentina Vezzali:
As I said in the previous answer, it is determination and the will to win what causes a decision to be taken, even if you’re tired, you never have to give up until the last point, the competitor has not yet won, and that is the competition.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You have won three-time individual Foil Gold medals at three consecutive Olympics, won fourteen gold medals at the World 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. Valentina Vezzali:
I believe that in sport we should be how we are in every day life. My family taught me from the early age that you will show your strength on the field and what you do is done to feel good with yourself . Get a big head or be arrogant is not my lifestyle, and it never will be mine.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
In 2005 just after four months of birth of your elder son Peter, you went on to win fourth World Title. What advice you wish to give based on your experience for women to recover their fitness post pregnancy ?
Ms. Valentina Vezzali:
Some psychological studies considered necessary for a woman who has given birth, that she must do what is more pleasing; this because: if the mom is well, the child is well too. After the birth of Peter, I rested forty days and then I started with the athletic training on the platform, always under strict medical supervision. This gave me the opportunity to participate in the Olympics 2005 and I won it. I have proved that a woman can get what she wants, because a woman-mom is not a damaged woman.
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