Maria Valeryevna Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's

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fencer. She is an Olympic champion, and a 5-time world women's épée champion.

Early and personal life

Mazina was born in

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, Russia, and is

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. She lives in Moscow.

Fencing career

Mazina began fencing at the age of 12. Mazina is a 5-time world women's épée champion.

Olympics

She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. Mazina and her teammates defeated

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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. Russia defeated Switzerland, 45–35, in the final. In the individual épée competition, Mazina was eliminated in the third round by

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of Italy (13–15).

Maccabiah Games

Mazina won a gold medal in the

2001 Maccabiah Games The 16th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה16 ישראל תשס"א), the Opening Ceremony was held in Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium, while the re-building process of the Maccabiah bridge collapse, collapsed bridge and investigations into the collap ...

Coaching

She is an instructor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized. She visited

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for a Maccabi program. In 2015, she was the Russian Federation's épée team coach.

References

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