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 2012 Summer Olympics in

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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 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 2016 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Russian team that won gold in the women's team sabre event.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Russian female sabre fencers Olympic fencers of Russia Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Novosibirsk Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-fencing-bio-stub