Maria Mazina
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Maria Mazina is a Russia
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Mazina, who is Jewish, is a 5-time world women's épée champion.http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:PgXdPPHMzs8J:www.israelhighway.org/archive-2005/14jul05.html+Maria+Mazina&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=23
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.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/29/105273053522_afp/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/olympics2000/other_sports/932122.stmhttp://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/FENCING/news/2000/09/item20000919215839_1.htm 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).
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Mazina is an instructor 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.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n women's épée fencer
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
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Fencing career
Mazina began fencing at the age of 12.Mazina, who is Jewish, is a 5-time world women's épée champion.http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:PgXdPPHMzs8J:www.israelhighway.org/archive-2005/14jul05.html+Maria+Mazina&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=23
Olympics
She won a team bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAZINMAR01 Mazina and her teammates defeated HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
in the third-place match (45–44) to capture the bronze medal.
Mazina also won a gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
in the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Olympics in team épée in 2000.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/29/105273053522_afp/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/olympics2000/other_sports/932122.stmhttp://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/FENCING/news/2000/09/item20000919215839_1.htm 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 GamesMaccabiah Games
The Maccabiah is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, affiliated with the Maccabi World Union. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world...
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Miscellaneous
Mazina lives in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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Mazina is an instructor at Maccabi Moscow, of which she has been a member since 1995 when it was first organized, and visited Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
one Hannukah in a Maccabi
Maccabi (sports)
Maccabi may refer to:* The Maccabi World Union, Maccabiah Games or any one of the following sport organizations around the world:...
program.
She also enjoys tennis and billiards.