Yulen Uralov

Yulen Uralov
Personal information
Birth nameЮлен Исаакович Уралов
Full nameYulen Isaakovych Uralov
Born (1924-11-23) 23 November 1924 (age 100)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportFencing
EventFoil
ClubSKA

Yulen (or Julen)[1] Isaakovych Uralov (Russian: Юлен Исаакович Уралов; born 23 November 1924) is a Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic fencer.[2]

Biography

Uralov was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.[3] He graduated from the Military Institute of Physical Culture.[4]

His club was SKA Leningrad. He was named a Merited Master of Sport of the USSR in 1949.[4] He was the USSR foil champion in 1952 and 1953, a silver medal winner in 1955, and a bronze medal winner in 1949.[4]

Uralov competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, at the age of 27.[3]

After his competitive career concluded, Uralov coached the Ukrainian national team. He has lived in Israel since the early 1990s.[4]

He turned 100 on 23 November 2024.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kolkka, Sulo (26 February 2018). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952". Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via G.
  2. ^ "Jews in Sport in the USSR". yivoencyclopedia.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Yulen Uralov Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d Уралов Юлен Исаакович | Спорт-страна.ру
  5. ^ "Сегодня – исторический день. Старейшему отечественному олимпийцу – 100 лет" (in Russian). www.sovsport.ru. 23 November 2024.


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