Yelena Grishina

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Yelena Grishina
Personal information
Native nameЕлена Борисовна Гришина
Full nameYelena Borisovna Grishina
NationalitySoviet Union
Born (1968-11-06) 6 November 1968 (age 55)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
ChildrenSergey Bida (son)
Parents
RelativesYevgeny Grishin (brother)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportFencing
Eventfoil
Team Soviet Union, Unified Team
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1988 Olympics, 1992 Olympics

Yelena Borisovna Grishina (Russian: Елена Борисовна Гришина; born 6 November 1968) is a former Soviet fencer. She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. In the 1989 World Fencing Championships and the 1990 World Fencing Championships she won silver medals in foil team competing for the Soviet Union, and in 1995 she won a bronze medal in the European Championships in foil.

Grishina is a member of Match TV, the press attache and spokesperson of the Russian Fencing Federation.[1][2]

Personal life[edit]

Yelena comes from a family of Olympians. Her father, Boris Grishin, medaled in water polo in the Olympics, and her brother Yevgeny Grishin won bronze in water polo in the Olympics as well.

Grishina's mother, Valentina Rastvorova, was born in Odessa, Ukraine.[3] She was a six-time world champion foil fencer who ascended the Olympic podium twice.[4]

Her son, Sergey Bida, is a top-ranked épée fencer who made his Olympic debut in Tokyo, winning a silver medal.[5] He was ranked #1 in the world in 2020.[6] He is also a three-time European épée team champion.[7] He moved to the United States in 2023 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with his wife, Olympic épée fencer Violetta Khrapina Bida.[8][9]

Fencing career[edit]

She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1988 (for the Soviet Union) and 1992 Summer Olympics (for the Unified Team), with the team coming in fourth at each Olympics.[10][11]

In the 1989 World Fencing Championships and the 1990 World Fencing Championships she won silver medals in foil team competing for the Soviet Union.[11]

In 1995 she won a bronze medal in the European Championships in foil.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "РАСПИСАНИЕ ТРАНСЛЯЦИЙ XXXI ЛЕТНИХ ОЛИМПИЙСКИХ ИГР С 3 ПО 7 АВГУСТА 2016 ГОДА". sporttvnews.ru.
  2. ^ "Two-times Olympic fencing champion Sergei Sharikov dies in car accident". TASS. 7 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Valentina Rastvorova". Olympedia.
  4. ^ Chirashnya, Igor (8 May 2020). "Parenting Insight from Elena Grishina, Champion Fencing Mom of the World's #1 Epee Fencer, Sergey Bida". Academy of Fencing Masters. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ Etchells, Daniel (23 January 2020). "World silver medallist Bida going for gold at FIE Épée Grand Prix in Doha". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ^ "The International Fencing Federation". The International Fencing Federation official website.
  7. ^ Владимир Линдер, Павел Андрианов, Ирина Прасканова, Сергей Шилов (2021). На крыльях «Буревестника». История студенческого спорта (in Russian).
  8. ^ Igor Chirashnya (21 June 2023). "Welcome Sergey Bida to the United States and to AFM!". Academy of Fencing Masters.
  9. ^ Scherma, Redazione Pianeta (22 June 2023). "Sergey Bida lascia la Russia e si sposta negli Stati Uniti: sarà Maestro e parteciperà alle gare domestiche USA". pianetascherma.com (in Italian).
  10. ^ "Yelena Grishina Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Yelena Grishina". Olympedia.
  12. ^ "Yelena Grishina - Escrime". L'Équipe.

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