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Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky (Russian: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 in the village of Aleksandrovka, Verkhubinsky District, East Kazakhstan Region – 9 December 1999 in Moscow)[1] was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion sabre fencer of the Soviet Union.[2][3] He competed in three Olympiads, and won two medals for the Soviet Union's fencing team.[4][5]

Yakov Rylsky

Personal information
Birth name	Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский
Full name	Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky
Born	(1928-10-25)25 October 1928 Aleksandrovka, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	9 December 1999(1999-12-09) (aged 71) Moscow, Russia
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Team	Dynamo Moscow
Achievements and titles
World finals	3-time gold medalist in individual sabre at the World Championships (1958, 1961, and 1963)
Medal record Men's Fencing Representing the  Soviet Union 1964 Tokyo Team sabre 1956 Melbourne Team sabre

Fencing career

Rylsky began fencing in 1949.[6] He was a member of the USSR National Team between 1953 and 1966.[7]

Rylsky was the Soviet sabre champion from 1954–58. In 1963, he was the winner of the Dantzer Cup in Paris.[8][9] He was a Merited Master of Sport in the Soviet Union, the highest honor give to Soviet athletes.[8]

Rylsky trained at Dynamo in Moscow.[10][6]

World championships

Rylsky was a 3-time gold medalist in individual sabre at the World Fencing Championships (the 1958 World Fencing Championships, 1961 World Fencing Championships, and 1963 World Fencing Championships).[11][8]

Olympics

Rylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events in Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[12] In the team competition, Rylsky and his teammates lost to Poland (9–7) and Hungary (9–7) in the final pool, but won the bronze medal by beating France in the third-place match.[12][8] Rylsky was eliminated in the second round of the individual competition.[12]

Rylsky participated in individual and team events in Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[12] They finished fifth in the team event, and Rylsky reached the finals in the individual competition and finished eighth.[12]

In Rylsky's final Olympiad appearance, in Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won a gold medal in the team sabre event.[12][8] He finished fourth in the individual event.[12]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

References

Sources

• Jews in Sports bio

На других языках

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- [en] Yakov Rylsky

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[fr] Yakov Rylskiy

Yakov Anufrievich Rylskiy (en russe : Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский), né le 25 octobre 1928 à Aleksandrovka (aujourd'hui Saïmasaï), près d'Almaty, RSS du Kazakhstan et mort le 9 décembre 1999 à Moscou, est un escrimeur soviétique.

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[it] Jakov Ryl'skij

Jakov Anufrievič Ryl'skij (in russo: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский?; Aleksandrovka, 25 ottobre 1925 – Mosca, 9 dicembre 1999) è stato uno schermidore sovietico, vincitore di una medaglia d'oro ed una di bronzo nella scherma ai giochi olimpici.

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[ru] Рыльский, Яков Ануфриевич

Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский (25 октября 1928, Александровка, Шемонаихинский район, Семипалатинский округ, Казахская АССР, РСФСР, СССР, — 9 декабря 1999, Москва, Российская Федерация) — советский саблист, заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1961).

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