Maria Mazina
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Russia |
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| Women's Fencing | |||
| Bronze | Atlanta 1996 | Team epée | |
| Gold | Sydney 2000 | Team epée | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Maccabiah Games | ||
| Gold | 2001 Israel | Individual Women's Epee |
Maria Mazina, born April 18, 1964, is a Russian women's epee fencer.
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[edit] Fencing career
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.
Mazina, who is Jewish, is a 5-time world women's epee champion.[1]
[edit] Olympics
She won a a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.[2] 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 epee in 2000.[3][4][5] Russia defeated Switzerland, 45-35, in the final. In the individual epee competition, Mazina was eliminated in the third round by Margherita Zalaffi of Italy (13-15).
[edit] Maccabiah Games
Mazina won a gold medal in the 2001 Maccabiah Games.[6]
[edit] Miscellaneous
Mazina lives in Moscow, Russia.
Mazina is an instuctor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized, and visited Israel one Hannukah in a Maccabi program.
She also enjoys tennis and billiards.
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