Yuliya Petrovna Gavrilova (russian: Юлия Петровна Гаврилова; born 20 July 1989) is a Russian sabre fencer. She won two medals (gold in the team event and bronze in the individual), as a member of the Russian team, in sabre at the

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Career

She began fencing in 1999, when a fencing coach came to her school, looking for children who wanted to try fencing. Gavrilova represented

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at the

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, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate

Sofiya Velikaya Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya ( rus, Софья Александровна Великая, , ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer. Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time t ...

, who eventually won a silver medal in the final. She defeated Kazakhstan's

Yuliya Zhivitsa Yuliya Zhivitsa ( kk, Юлия Живица; born May 14, 1990 in Alma-Ata) is a Kazakhstani sabre fencer, team bronze medallist at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China and at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. Zhivitsa represented Kazakhst ...

in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match to China's Zhu Min, with a final score of 11–15. At the

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, she was part of the Russian team that won gold in the women's team sabre event.

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