title: Dayana Martinez
text: # Dayana Martinez
  
  Dayana Martinez is a Venezuelan épée fencer. She has competed in three FIE world championships: 2010 Paris, France, 2013 Budapest, Hungary, and 2014 Kazan, Russia. She earned her first individual world gold medal in 2014, in women's épée, at the satellite tournament held in Kocaeli, Turkey.
  
  ## Family of Fencers
  
  Fencing is a family sport for Dayana, she competes alongside her sister, two-time olympian Maria Martinez and cousins, 2012 Men's Épée Olympic Champion Ruben Limardo and his younger brother, 2008 olympian Francisco Limardo.
  
  ## Education
  
  Dayana attended university in the United States, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from Brigham Young University in 2013.
  
  