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.
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| Full name | Maria Valeryevna Mazina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1964 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5-8.5 (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 137 lb (62 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life edit
Mazina was born in Moscow, Russia, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] She lives in Moscow.[4]
Fencing career edit
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.
Mazina is a 5-time world women's épée champion.[5]
Olympics edit
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 edit
Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.[12]
Coaching edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Taylor, Paul (4 March 2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (4 March 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
- ^ Skolnik, Fred; Berenbaum, Michael (4 March 2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica: Nat-Per. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 9780028659282 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "2000 Olympics". www.jewishsportsreview.com.
- ^ "Israel HighWay". 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008.
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Maria Mazina". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Maria Mazina Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Mariya Mazina Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Collated Olympic Fencing results". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 29 September 2000.
- ^ "Russia take team epee gold". BBC News. 19 September 2000.
- ^ "ABC Olympics: Russian fencing team fends off the Swiss". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2000.
- ^ "SIXTEENTH MACCABIAH - 20th Maccabiah 2017".
- ^ "2000 Olympics". Jewish Sports Review. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Russian Federation chief upset by epee performance". Sports Mole.