Yuliya Gavrilova

Career She began fencing in 1999, when a fencing coach came to her school, looking for children who wanted to try fencing.

Gavrilova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate Sofiya Velikaya, who eventually won a silver medal in the final. She defeated Kazakhstan's Yuliya Zhivitsa in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match to China's Zhu Min, with a final score of 11–15.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Russian team that won gold in the women's team sabre event.