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.
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| Full name | Maria Valeryevna Mazina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1964-04-18) 18 April 1964 (age 60) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5-8.5 (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 137 lb (62 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mazina was born in Moscow, Russia, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] She lives in Moscow.[4]
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.
Mazina is a 5-time world women's épée champion.[5]
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]
Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.[12]
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]
