Yuliya Zhivitsa ( kk, Юлия Живица; born May 14, 1990 in
Alma-Ata
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...
) is a Kazakhstani sabre fencer,
team bronze medallist at the
2010 Asian Games in
Guangzhou, China
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and at the
2014 Asian Games in
Incheon.
Zhivitsa represented
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, where she competed in the
women's individual sabre event. She lost the first preliminary round match to Russia's
Yuliya Gavrilova
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 ...
, with a final score of 7–15.
References
External links
Profile–
FIENBC Olympics Profile
1990 births
Living people
Kazakhstani female sabre fencers
Olympic fencers of Kazakhstan
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in fencing
Sportspeople from Almaty
Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games
Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
21st-century Kazakhstani women
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