Maria Mazina
Personal information | |
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Full name | Maria Valeryevna Mazina |
Born | (1964-04-18) 18 April 1964 (age 60) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Height | 5-8.5 (175 cm) |
Weight | 137 lb (62 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Club | Dynamo Moscow |
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
- ^ 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.
External links
- Jews in Sports bio[permanent dead link]
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- 1996:
Flessel, Moressée-Pichot, Barlois (FRA)
- 2000:
Aznavourian, Logunova, Mazina, Yermakova (RUS)
- 2004:
Aznavourian, Logunova, Sivkova, Yermakova (RUS)
- 2012:
Li, Luo, Sun, Xu (CHN)
- 2016:
Dinu, Gherman, Pop, Popescu (ROU)
- 2020:
Beljajeva, Embrich, Kirpu, Lehis (EST)
- 2024:
Fiamingo, Navarria, Rizzi, Santuccio (ITA)