Yana Aleksandrovna Zvereva (russian: Яна Александровна Зверева; born 6 March 1989) is a Russian

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

fencer, team world champion in the 2013 World Championships at Budapest and team silver medal in the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg.

Career

Zvereva began fencing at the age of 12. She joined the Junior Russian national team in 2005. With them, she won the 2006 Junior European Championships in Poznań and the 2009 Junior World Championships in Belfast. In the seniors, she took the third place in the 2008 Lobnya World Cup. She made her breakthrough in the 2012–13 season: she won the 2013 Sparkassen-Cup in Leipzig and reached the quarter-finals in the individual event of the 2013 World Championships in Budapest. She also won the team gold medal with Russia. In the 2013–14 season, she won a silver medal in the 2014 Ciudad de Barcelona. She advanced to the quarter-finals in the

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in Strasbourg, but was stopped by host France's

Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin (born 21 September 1990) is a French right-handed épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from ...

. In the team event, Russia received a bye in the table of 16, then had a tight 34–33 victory over Poland. They largely prevailed over reigning European champions Estonia in the semi-final to meet Romania in the final. Zvereva fenced World No.2

Ana Maria Brânză Ana Maria Popescu, formerly known as Ana Maria Brânză (, born 26 November 1984), is a Romanian left-handed épée fencer. Popescu is a four-time team European champion, 2013 individual European champion, and two-time team world champion. A f ...

in her last leg and gave her team a three-hit advantage, but Russia were finally defeated 38–34 and took the silver medal. At the

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in Kazan she was defeated by China's Qin Xue in the second round of the individual event. In the team event Russia edged out South Korea in the quarter-finals, then largely prevailed over Hungary and Estonia to win the World title for the second time in a row. Zvereva is married to foil fencer and coach Igor Zapozdaev.

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