Maria Mazina
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Maria Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer.
Fencing career
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.
Mazina, who is Jewish, is a 5-time world women's épée champion.[1]
Olympics
She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.[2][3] Mazina and her teammates defeated Hungary in the third-place match (45–44) to capture the bronze medal.
Mazina also won a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in team épée in 2000.[4][5][6] 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).
Maccabiah Games
Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.
Miscellaneous
Mazina lives in Moscow and is an instructor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized. She visited Israel for a Maccabi program.[7]
See also
References
- ↑
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Maria Mazina". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ↑ "Maria Mazina Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ↑ "CNNSI.com – Olympic Sports – Collated Olympic Fencing results – September 29, 2000 03:35 am". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 29 September 2000.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT | OTHER SPORTS | Russia take team epee gold". BBC News. 19 September 2000.
- ↑ "ABC Olympics – 01/10/00 : Russian fencing team fends off the Swiss". Abc.net.au. 1 October 2000.
- ↑ "2000 Olympics". Jewish Sports Review. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
