Yuliya Gavrilova

Yuliya Gavrilova
Personal information
Full name Yuliya Petrovna Gavrilova
Born 20 July 1989
Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand right-handed
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Club SDYuShOR[1]
FIE Ranking ranking

Yuliya Petrovna Gavrilova (Russian: Юлия Петровна Гаврилова; born July 20, 1989 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian sabre fencer.[1][2] She won two medals (gold and bronze), as a member of the Russian team, in the same weapon at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy.[3][4]

Gavrilova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate Sofiya Velikaya, who eventually won a silver medal in the final. She defeated Kazakhstan's Yuliya Zhivitsa in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match to China's Zhu Min, with a final score of 11–15.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Yuliya Gavrilova". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. "Yuliya Gavrilova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. "Third gold medal for Italy, Velikaia wins gold in women's sabre". FIE. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. "Russia stop Olympic champs for second straight team saber world title". RT. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Individual Sabre Round of 16". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

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