Yuliya Biryukova

Yuliya Biryukova
Yuliya Biryukova
	Biryukova at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full name	Yuliya Sergeeva Biryukova
Born	17 March 1985 (age 39); Kurchatov, Kursk Oblast, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Weapon	Foil
Hand	Left-handed
National coach	Stefano Cerioni
Personal coach	Ildar Mavlyutov
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record
World Championships
European Championships

Yuliya Sergeeva Biryukova (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Бирюкова; born 17 March 1985) is a Russian foil fencer.

Biography

Biryukova took up fencing at the age of six in her native Kurchatov. She won the gold medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok.^{[citation needed]}

In the senior category, she climbed her first World Cup podium in the 2008–09 season with a silver medal in Gdańsk. She won a team silver medal at the European Championships in Plovdiv. At the World Championships in Antalya she was defeated in the quarter-finals by team-mate Aida Shanayeva, who eventually won the gold medal. In the team event Russia stumbled against Italy in the final and came away with another silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

Biryukova took an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal in the 2011 Summer Universiade, and another team silver in the 2013 edition. The same year, she won a team bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest. In the 2013–14 season she won her first major individual title with a bronze medal at the European Championships in Strasbourg. She went on to win a second world team silver medal in the World Championships at home in Moscow.^{[citation needed]}

External links

Yulia Biryukova at the International Fencing Federation
Julia Birioukova at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
Julia Biryukova at the Russian Fencing Federation (in Russian) (in English) (archive)