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Yuliya Gavrilova

Yuliya Gavrilova

Russian sabre fencer


Yuliya Petrovna Gavrilova (Russian: Юлия Петровна Гаврилова; born 20 July 1989) is a Russian sabre fencer.[1][2] 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 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy.[3]

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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.[4]

Gavrilova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate Sofiya Velikaya, 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.[5]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Russian team that won gold in the women's team sabre event.[2]


References

  1. "Yuliya Gavrilova". London2012.con. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuliya Gavrilova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. "Third gold medal for Italy, Velikaia wins gold in women's sabre". FIE. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. "Women's Individual Sabre Round of 16". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.



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