Maria Vicol (née Taitiș, 17 October 1935 – 13 March 2015) was a Romanian foil fencer, Olympic bronze medalist in 1960 and an Olympic team bronze medalist in 1968.
[2][3] Vicol took up fencing at Progresul Bucharest, where she was trained by Angelo Pellegrini.
This was followed by a bronze medal in the individual foil at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
[4] She also earned a team bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.
She then moved to CS Bucharest, where she discovered the future Olympic champion Laura Badea-Cârlescu.