Name Maria Mazina | Height 1.75 m | |
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Olympic medals Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team epee Similar People Tatiana Logunova, Oksana Yermakova, Karina Aznavourian, Gianna Hablutzel‑Burki, Sophie Lamon | ||
Maria Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer.
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Fencing career
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.
Mazina, who is Jewish, is a 5-time world women's épée champion.
Olympics
She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. Mazina and her teammates defeated Hungary in the third-place match (45–44) to capture the bronze medal.
Mazina also won a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in team épée in 2000. 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).
Maccabiah Games
Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.
Miscellaneous
Mazina lives in Moscow and is an instructor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized. She visited Israel for a Maccabi program.