Di Tella Isabel
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DI TELLA ISABEL General Information Country: ARG Gender: F Height: 188 Weight: 75 Handedness: Right-handed Date of birth: 1993-06-10 Education: Estudiante universitaria Profession: Estudiante universitaria License: 10061993006 Further Personal Information Occupation Athlete Languages English, Spanish Higher education Economics - University of Buenos Aires: Argentina 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. Handedness Right General Interest Hero / Idol US mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Ronda Rousey. (coarg.org.ar, 01 Mar 2018) Injuries She fractured the fibula in her leg in 2010. She was unable to compete for five months. (lanacion.com.au, 16 Sep 2013) Awards and honours While representing Harvard University in the United States of America, in 2015 she earned All- Ivy First Team Honours. (gocrimson.com, 10 Feb 2015) In 2013 she won the Olimpia Award in the fencing category in Argentina. (actualidadesquina.com, 18 Dec 2013) Famous relatives Her grandfather Guido di Tella served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1991 and 1999 in Argentina. Her father Rafael represented Argentina in fencing at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992. Her younger brother Pascual Maria has also participated in the sport at international level, appearing at five consecutive editions of the world championships between 2014 and 2018. Her mother Astrid Steverlynck represented Argentina in alpine skiing at the Olympic Winter Games in 1988 and 1992. (clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 13 Jun 2019; goduke.com, 2015; lanacion.com.au, 16 Sep 2013) Ambitions To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019) Other information STUDIES She attended the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina for a year and a half before studying at the University of Warwick in England for one year. She then transferred to Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, United States of America, to study mathematics. She has also undertaken a doctorate in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 2017; clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019) EARLY DAYS Raised in the United States of America, at age 10 she moved to Argentina. She later returned to the United States of America to study at university. (clarin.com, 16 Nov 2019).