Maria Mazina
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Maria Valeryevna Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer. She is an Olympic champion, and a 5-time world women's épée champion.
Early and personal life
Mazina was born in Moscow, Russia, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] She lives in Moscow.[4]
Fencing career
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.
Mazina is a 5-time world women's épée champion.[5]
Olympics
She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.[6][7] Mazina and her teammates defeated Hungary in the third-place match (45–44) to capture the bronze medal.[8]
Mazina also won a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in team épée in 2000.[9][10][11] Russia defeated Switzerland, 45–35, in the final. In the individual épée competition, Mazina was eliminated in the third round by Margherita Zalaffi of Italy (13–15).[8]
Maccabiah Games
Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.[12]
Coaching
She is an instructor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized.[4] She visited Israel for a Maccabi program.[13] In 2015, she was the Russian Federation's épée team coach.[14]
See also
References
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External links
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Russian female épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for Russia
- Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Jewish épée fencers
- Jewish Russian sportspeople
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Competitors at the 2001 Maccabiah Games
- Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Russia
- Fencers from Moscow
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Russian fencing coaches
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen