Alexandra Zabelina

{{Short description|Soviet fencer (1937–2022)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|03|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|03|27|1937|03|11|df=yes}}

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| club = Dynamo Moscow[http://sportlib.info/Press/TPFK/1998N7/p38.htm Шпага — кисти не помеха]

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| coach = Lev Saychuk[http://sportlib.info/Press/TPFK/1998N7/p38.htm Шпага — кисти не помеха]

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{{MedalGold|1960 Rome|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1968 Mexico City|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1972 Munich|Foil, team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Fencing Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1956 London|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1957 Paris|Foil, individual}}

{{MedalGold|1961 Turin|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1963 Gdansk|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1965 Paris|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1966 Moscow|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Montreal|Foil, individual}}

{{MedalGold|1970 Ankara|Foil, team}}

{{MedalGold|1971 Viena|Foil, team}}

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File:Soviet women foil team 1960 Olympics.jpg

Alexandra Ivanovna Zabelina ({{langx|ru|Александра Ивановна Забелина}}; 11 March 1937 – 27 March 2022) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZABELALE01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Alexandra Zabelina |access-date=6 November 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928135003/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZABELALE01 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/aleksandra-zabelina-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/aleksandra-zabelina-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Alexandra Zabelina Olympic Results |access-date=6 November 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Between 1956 and 1971 Zabelina won eight team and two individual world titles in the foil.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/13/archives/miss-zabelina-soviet-union-wins-world-foils-title.html|title=Miss Zabelina, Soviet Union, Wins World Foils Title|work=The New York Times|date=13 July 1967|access-date=14 January 2010}} She won the individual Silver Prize at the 1961 and 1966 world championships and team Silver Prize in 1959, 1962, 1967, and 1969. She missed the 1964 Summer Olympics because she was expecting her son.Tatiana Kolchanova. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080105080919/http://fencing-future.com/cntnt/eng/zvezdy_feh6/alexandra_1.html "Alexandra Zabelina"] in Fencing in Persons. fencing-future.com

Zabelina first trained in gymnastics, but had to quit due to an injury. In retirement she worked as a fencing coach. Her students included the Olympic champion Maria Mazina.