Yana Karapetovna Egorian (Russian: Яна Карапетовна Егорян; also spelled Yegoryan, born 20 December 1993) is a Russian left-handed sabre fencer, six-time team European champion, two-time team world champion, 2016 individual Olympic champion, and 2016 team Olympic champion.[4]

Yana Egorian
Egorian in 2014
Personal information
Full nameYana Karapetovna Egorian
Born (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
WeaponSabre
HandLeft-handed
Club
  • CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club) [RUS]
  • Khimki Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS][2][3]
Head coachChristian Bauer (national)
Sergei Semin (personal)[3]
Assistant coachYelena Jemayeva
FIE rankingCurrent ranking
Domestic ranking2009/2010 SWS Ranking
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Individual sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Individual sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Zagreb Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montreux Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2016 Toruń Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2018 Novi Sad Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2019 Düsseldorf Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Team sabre
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Team sabre
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Team sabre
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Individual sabre
Representing Mixed-NOCs team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Mixed team sabre

Biography

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Egorian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. When she was 6 years old, she moved to Khimki, Moscow Oblast.[citation needed] She is a Russian Armed Forces athlete, and her clubs are the Russian Central Sports Army Club, and the Khimki Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve.[2]

Achievements

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Yana Egorian and Putin

Egorian won two silver medals at the European Cadet Championships (2009 and 2010[5]). At the Inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, she won two gold medals. She finished fifth at the 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku.[6] 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 her second Olympic gold medal in the team event. The Russian team, composed of Egorian, Sofya Velikaya, Yuliya Gavrilova and Ekaterina Dyachenko, came away with the gold medal, defeating Team Ukraine (the 2008 Olympic women's team sabre champion) in the final 45–30.[7]

She finished 2016 as Nr. 1 in the FIE women's sabre rating.[citation needed]

Egorian was named The Athlete of the Year by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation.[8]

Yegorian was not among the Russian athletes reinstated by the FIE in May 2023 due to her ties with the Russian Army.[9]

Medal record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Women's Sabre 1st[10]
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Women's Sabre 1st[11]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2013   Budapest, Hungary Team Women's Sabre 2nd[12]
2014   Kazan, Russia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[13]
2015   Moscow, Russia Team Women's Sabre 1st[14]
2018   Wuxi, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[15]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Women's Sabre 2nd[16]
2019   Budapest, Hungary Team Women's Sabre 1st[17]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2013   Zagreb, Croatia Team Women's Sabre 1st[18]
2014   Strasbourg, France Team Women's Sabre 1st[19]
2015   Montreux, Switzerland Team Women's Sabre 1st[20]
2016   Toruń, Poland Team Women's Sabre 1st[21]
2017   Tallinn, Estonia Team Women's Sabre 2nd[22]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Women's Sabre 1st[23]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Team Women's Sabre 1st[24]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2015-05-29   Moscow, Russia Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[25]
2016-03-25   Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 1st[26]
2016-12-16   Cancún, Mexico Individual Women's Sabre 1st[27]
2017-03-31   Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 1st[28]
2017-12-15   Cancún, Mexico Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[29]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2011-03-11   Istanbul, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[30]
2013-05-03   Chicago, Illinois Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[31]
2015-10-30   Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 1st[32]
2016-02-19   Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[33]
2017-05-12   Tunis, Tunisia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[34]
2017-11-17   Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[35]
2019-03-22   Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[36]
2022-01-14   Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[37]

Honours and awards

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  • Order of Honour (25 August 2016) – for high achievements at the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the will to win and goal-oriented approach.[38]
  • Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" (2016).[39]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org.
  3. ^ a b Yana Egorian Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
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  5. ^ 2010 European Championships U17 U17 Sabre female at 02.03.2010 in Athen Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. ophardt-team.org
  6. ^ Yana Egorian's results at 2010 Cadet World Championships Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Fencingworldwide.com.
  7. ^ "Rio 2016 Women's team sabre results". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Яна Егорян стала лауреатом премии "Лучшая спортсменка"". gazeta.ru. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Олимпийские чемпионки Великая, Егорян, Позднякова не допущены к международным соревнованиям". 11 May 2023.
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  38. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25.08.2016 № 429 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"". publication.pravo.gov.ru.
  39. ^ "Министр обороны встретился с армейскими спортсменами-триумфаторами Олимпийских игр в Рио : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". function.mil.ru.
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