Karina Aznavourian
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Full name | Karina Borisovna Aznavourian | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | 20 September 1974|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Épée | |||||||||||||||||||
Hand | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | archive | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karina Borisovna Aznavourian (Russian: Карина Борисовна Азнавурян; Armenian: Կարինա Բորիսի Ազնավուրյան; born 20 September 1974 in Baku) is a Russian épée fencer. She won two gold medals in the team épée event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Also won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Biography[]
Karina Aznavourian was born on 20 September 1974 in Baku in an Armenian-Azerbaijani family.[3] Started fencing in Baku under the leadership of Olga Matlina. In 1990, after the Armenian pogroms in Baku, she and her family were forced to move to Moscow. Having changed the type of weapon from the rapier to the Épée, she began to train under the guidance of Alexander Kislyunin.[4]
She graduated from the Olympic Reserve School No. 3, then graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism.
In 1996, as part of the Russian national team became the bronze medalist at the Olympics Games in Atlanta. In 1997, she won the silver medals of the 19th Universiade, both in team and individual competitions. Later in the Russian team won the Olympic Games in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), then she won the World Championships in 2003 and Europe Championships in 2004. She did not take part in the Olympic Games in Beijing, as she was unable to score the necessary rating points for the individual Olympic tournament due to the injury on her spine, and the women's team fencing competition was not included in the program of this Olympiad.
After completing her sports career in 2008, she headed the junior sports school of the Moscow Secondary Special School of Olympic Reserve No. 3, and in August 2012, she was appointed as a director of this school.[5]
Awards[]
- Order of Honour (24 August 2005)
- Order of Friendship (19 April 2001)
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (6 January 1996)
References[]
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Karina Aznavuryan". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karina Aznavuryan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Карина Азнавурян: девушка со шпагой". vestikavkaza.ru.
- ^ "Кислюнин Александр Сергеевич". Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Карина Азнавурян – директор УОР № 3!". sport.mos.ru.
External links[]
- Karina Aznavourian at the International Fencing Federation
- Karina Aznavourian at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
- Karina Aznavuryan at the Russian Fencing Federation at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2017) (in Russian) (in English)
- Karina Aznavourian at the International Olympic Committee
- Karina Aznavourian at Olympics.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Baku
- Azerbaijani people of Armenian descent
- Azerbaijani emigrants to Russia
- Russian people of Armenian descent
- Russian people of Azerbaijani descent
- Russian female épée fencers
- Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in fencing
- Universiade silver medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade