Maria Mazina

Maria Mazina

Personal information
Full name	Maria Valeryevna Mazina
Born	(1964-04-18) 18 April 1964 (age 57) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	5-8.5 (175 cm)
Weight	137 lb (62 kg)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Women's fencing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team épée 1996 Atlanta Team épée Maccabiah Games 2001 Israel Individual Women's Épée

Maria Valeryevna Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer. She is an Olympic champion, and a 5-time world women's épée champion.

Early and personal life[]

Mazina was born in Moscow, Russia, and is Jewish.^[1][2][3] She lives in Moscow.^[4]

Fencing career[]

Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.

Mazina is a 5-time world women's épée champion.^[5]

Olympics[]

She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.^[6][7] Mazina and her teammates defeated Hungary in the third-place match (45–44) to capture the bronze medal.^[8]

Mazina also won a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in team épée in 2000.^[9][10][11] Russia defeated Switzerland, 45–35, in the final. In the individual épée competition, Mazina was eliminated in the third round by Margherita Zalaffi of Italy (13–15).^[8]

Maccabiah Games[]

Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.^[12]

Coaching[]

She is an instructor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized.^[4] She visited Israel for a Maccabi program.^[13] In 2015, she was the Russian Federation's épée team coach.^[14]

See also[]

• List of select Jewish fencers

References[]

External links[]

• Jews in Sports bio^{[permanent dead link]}