Maria Mazina

Maria Mazina

Personal information
Born	18 April 1964 Moscow, Russia
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Women's fencing Competitor for  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team épée 1996 Atlanta Team épée Maccabiah Games 2001 Israel Individual Women's Épée

Maria Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer.

Fencing career

Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.

Mazina, who is Jewish, is a 5-time world women's épée champion.^[1]

Olympics

She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.^[2][3] 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.^[4][5][6] 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.^[7]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

References

2. "Olympics Statistics: Maria Mazina". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
3. "Maria Mazina Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
4. "CNNSI.com – Olympic Sports – Collated Olympic Fencing results – September 29, 2000 03:35 am". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 29 September 2000.
5. "BBC SPORT | OTHER SPORTS | Russia take team epee gold". BBC News. 19 September 2000.
6. "ABC Olympics – 01/10/00 : Russian fencing team fends off the Swiss". Abc.net.au. 1 October 2000.
7. "2000 Olympics". Jewish Sports Review. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

External links

• Jews in Sports bio