Yuliya Biryukova

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Yuliya Biryukova
File:Yuliya Biryukova 2014 European Championships FFS-EQ t205627.jpg Biryukova at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full name	Yuliya Sergeeva Biryukova
Born	(1985-03-17) 17 March 1985 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 Silver medal – second place 2009 Antalya Team foil Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan Team foil Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Team foil Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest Team foil European Championships Silver medal – second place 2009 Plovdiv Team foil Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team foil Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Individual foil

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. 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. 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.

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)