Maria Mazina

Maria Mazina

Personal information
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
Medal record Women's fencing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team épée 1996 Atlanta Team épée Maccabiah Games 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

• List of select Jewish fencers
• List of Jewish Olympic medalists

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. "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. "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. Archived from the original on 2 May 2001.
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.

External links

• Jews in Sports bio^[permanent dead link‍]