Maria Mazina
Personal information
Full nameMaria Valeryevna Mazina
Born (1964-04-18) 18 April 1964
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height5-8.5 (175 cm)
Weight137 lb (62 kg)
Sport
SportFencing
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team épée
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Israel Individual Women's Épée

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Wechsler, Bob (4 March 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Skolnik, Fred; Berenbaum, Michael (4 March 2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica: Nat-Per. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 9780028659282 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "2000 Olympics". www.jewishsportsreview.com.
  5. ↑ "Israel HighWay". 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008.
  6. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Maria Mazina". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Maria Mazina Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Mariya Mazina Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Collated Olympic Fencing results". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 29 September 2000.
  10. ↑ "Russia take team epee gold". BBC News. 19 September 2000.
  11. ↑ "ABC Olympics: Russian fencing team fends off the Swiss". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2000.
  12. ↑ "SIXTEENTH MACCABIAH - 20th Maccabiah 2017".
  13. ↑ "2000 Olympics". Jewish Sports Review. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Russian Federation chief upset by epee performance". Sports Mole.
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