Yuliya Biryukova

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Yuliya Biryukova
Biryukova at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full nameYuliya Sergeeva Biryukova
Born (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985 (age 39)
Kurchatov, Kursk Oblast, Russia
NationalityRussian
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
WeaponFoil
HandLeft-handed
National coachStefano Cerioni
Personal coachIldar Mavlyutov
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Antalya Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest Team foil
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Plovdiv Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Individual foil

Yuliya Sergeeva Biryukova (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Бирюкова; born 17 March 1985) is a Russian foil fencer.

Biography

Biryukova took up fencing at the age of six in her native Kurchatov. She won the gold medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok.[citation needed]

In the senior category, she climbed her first World Cup podium in the 2008–09 season with a silver medal in Gdańsk. She won a team silver medal at the European Championships in Plovdiv. At the World Championships in Antalya she was defeated in the quarter-finals by team-mate Aida Shanayeva, who eventually won the gold medal. In the team event Russia stumbled against Italy in the final and came away with another silver medal.[citation needed]

Biryukova took an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal in the 2011 Summer Universiade, and another team silver in the 2013 edition. The same year, she won a team bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest. In the 2013–14 season she won her first major individual title with a bronze medal at the European Championships in Strasbourg. She went on to win a second world team silver medal in the World Championships at home in Moscow.[citation needed]