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Yana Egorian
Egorian in 2014
Personal information
Born (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30)
Yerevan, Armenia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
WeaponSabre
HandLeft-handed
ClubCSKA Moscow[2]
Head coachChristian Bauer (national)
Sergei Semin (personal)[2]
Assistant coachYelena Jemayeva
FIE rankingCurrent ranking
Domestic ranking2009/2010 SWS Ranking
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Zagreb Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montreux Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Toruń Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Team
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Individual
Representing a Mixed-NOCs team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Mixed team

Yana Karapetovna Egorian (Template:Lang-hy, Template:Lang-ru; born 20 December 1993)[3] is an Armenian-born Russian sabre fencer. She won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Yana Egorian was born on 20 December 1993 in Yerevan, Armenia. When she was 6 years old, she moved to Khimki, Moscow Oblast, where she engaged in fencing under the guidance of Sergei Semin. Later, Yelena Jemayeva also started to train her. She chose sabre fencing as her specialty.

Achievements

Egorian won two silver medals at the European Cadet Championships (2009 and 2010[4]). At the Inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, she won two gold medals. She finished fifth at the 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku.[5] On 8 August 2016, Egorian won the individual gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. On 13 August, she won a second gold medal with the Russian team.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yana Egorian.
  1. ^ a b Yana Egorian. rio2016.com
  2. ^ a b c Yana Egorian. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ Двукратная чемпионка Игр Яна Егорян: Мама, я не слабачка! – Интервью Interview with Yana Egorian
  4. ^ 2010 European Championships U17 U17 Sabre female at 02.03.2010 in Athen. ophardt-team.org
  5. ^ Yana Egorian's results at 2010 Cadet World Championships. Fencingworldwide.com.
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