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Birth name | Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky | ||||||||||||||
Born | Aleksandrovka, Kazakh ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 25 October 1928||||||||||||||
Died | 9 December 1999 Moscow, Russia | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Team | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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World finals | Three-time gold medalist in individual sabre at the World Championships (1958, 1961 and 1963) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky ( Russian: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 – 9 December 1999) [1] was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion Russian sabre fencer who competed for the Soviet Union. [2] [3] He took part in three Olympic Games and won two medals in the team events. [4] [5]
Rylsky was born in Aleksandrovka, Russian SFSR to a Russian mother and Jewish father. [6] [2] [7]
Rylsky began fencing in 1949. [8] He was a member of the USSR national team between 1953 and 1966. [9]
Rylsky was the Soviet sabre champion from 1954 to 1958. In 1963, he won the Dantzer Cup in Paris. [10] [11] Rylsky achieved the title of the Russian Merited Master of Sport, the highest honour given to Soviet athletes. [10]
Rylsky trained at Dynamo in Moscow. [12] [8]
Rylsky had won three gold medals in the individual sabre at the World Fencing Championships ( 1958, 1961 and 1963). [13] [10]
Rylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. [14] In the team competition, the Soviet team lost to Poland (7–9) and Hungary (7–9) in the final pool, and subsequently won the bronze medal by beating France in the third-place match. [14] [10] Rylsky was eliminated in the second round of the individual competition. [14]
He participated in individual and team events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. [14] The Soviets finished fifth in the team event, and Rylsky reached the finals in the individual competition, finishing eighth overall. [14]
In Rylsky's final Olympiad appearance, at 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, he won the gold medal in the team sabre event. [14] [10] Rylsky then finished fourth in the individual event. [14]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky | ||||||||||||||
Born | Aleksandrovka, Kazakh ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 25 October 1928||||||||||||||
Died | 9 December 1999 Moscow, Russia | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Team | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
World finals | Three-time gold medalist in individual sabre at the World Championships (1958, 1961 and 1963) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky ( Russian: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 – 9 December 1999) [1] was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion Russian sabre fencer who competed for the Soviet Union. [2] [3] He took part in three Olympic Games and won two medals in the team events. [4] [5]
Rylsky was born in Aleksandrovka, Russian SFSR to a Russian mother and Jewish father. [6] [2] [7]
Rylsky began fencing in 1949. [8] He was a member of the USSR national team between 1953 and 1966. [9]
Rylsky was the Soviet sabre champion from 1954 to 1958. In 1963, he won the Dantzer Cup in Paris. [10] [11] Rylsky achieved the title of the Russian Merited Master of Sport, the highest honour given to Soviet athletes. [10]
Rylsky trained at Dynamo in Moscow. [12] [8]
Rylsky had won three gold medals in the individual sabre at the World Fencing Championships ( 1958, 1961 and 1963). [13] [10]
Rylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. [14] In the team competition, the Soviet team lost to Poland (7–9) and Hungary (7–9) in the final pool, and subsequently won the bronze medal by beating France in the third-place match. [14] [10] Rylsky was eliminated in the second round of the individual competition. [14]
He participated in individual and team events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. [14] The Soviets finished fifth in the team event, and Rylsky reached the finals in the individual competition, finishing eighth overall. [14]
In Rylsky's final Olympiad appearance, at 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, he won the gold medal in the team sabre event. [14] [10] Rylsky then finished fourth in the individual event. [14]