Maria Mazina

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Maria Valeryevna Mazina (born 18 April 1964) is a Russian women's épée fencer. She is an Olympic champion, and a 5-time world women's épée champion.

Early and personal life

Mazina was born in Moscow, Russia, and is Jewish.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3-BAAAAMAAJ&q=Maria+Mazina+fencer|title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists|first=Paul|last=Taylor|date=4 March 2004|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|isbn=9781903900888|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=Maria+Mazina+fencer&pg=PA109|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|first=Bob|last=Wechsler|date=4 March 2008|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=9780881259698|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD0OAQAAMAAJ&q=Maria+Mazina+fencer|title=Encyclopaedia Judaica: Nat-Per|first1=Fred|last1=Skolnik|first2=Michael|last2=Berenbaum|date=4 March 2007|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA|isbn=9780028659282|via=Google Books}} She lives in Moscow.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishsportsreview.com/2000_Olympics.htm|title=2000 Olympics|website=www.jewishsportsreview.com}}

Fencing career

Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.

Mazina is a 5-time world women's épée champion.{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelhighway.org/archive-2005/14jul05.html|title=Israel HighWay|date=12 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312110638/http://www.israelhighway.org/archive-2005/14jul05.html|archive-date=12 March 2008}}

=Olympics=

She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAZINMAR01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Maria Mazina |accessdate=2012-02-18 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213141330/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAZINMAR01 |archivedate=13 February 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/mariya-mazina-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/mariya-mazina-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Maria Mazina Olympic Results |accessdate=2012-02-18 |work=sports-reference.com}} Mazina and her teammates defeated Hungary in the third-place match (45–44) to capture the bronze medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/mariya-mazina-1.html|title=Mariya Mazina Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/mariya-mazina-1.html|archive-date=17 April 2020}}

Mazina also won a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in team épée in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/29/105273053522_afp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010502102142/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/29/105273053522_afp/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2001 |title= Collated Olympic Fencing results |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=29 September 2000}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/olympics2000/other_sports/932122.stm |title= Russia take team epee gold |publisher=BBC News |date=19 September 2000}}{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/FENCING/news/2000/09/item20000919215839_1.htm |title=ABC Olympics: Russian fencing team fends off the Swiss |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=1 October 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/maccabiah/maccabiah-history/739-sixteenth-maccabiah|title=SIXTEENTH MACCABIAH - 20th Maccabiah 2017}}

=Coaching=

She 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsportsreview.com/2000_Olympics.htm |title=2000 Olympics |publisher=Jewish Sports Review |accessdate=12 January 2014}} In 2015, she was the Russian Federation's épée team coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/fencing/russian-federation/baku-2015-european-games/news/russian-federation-chief-upset-by-epee-performance_230477.html|title=Russian Federation chief upset by epee performance|website=Sports Mole}}