Yana Egorian

Yana Karapetovna Egorian 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.

Biography

Egorian was born in Yerevan, Armenia. When she was 6 years old, she moved to Khimki, Moscow Oblast. 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.

Egorian won two silver medals at the European Cadet Championships. At the Inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, she won two gold medals. She finished fifth at the 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku. 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 in the final 45–30.
She finished 2016 as Nr. 1 in the FIE women's sabre rating.
Egorian was named The Athlete of the Year by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation.
Yegorian was not among the Russian athletes reinstated by the FIE in May 2023 due to her ties with the Russian Army.

Order of Honour – for high achievements at the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the will to win and goal-oriented approach.
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms".