Alexandra Zabelina

Alexandra Zabelina

Personal information
Born	11 March 1937 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Foil, team 1968 Mexico City Foil, team 1972 Munich Foil, team World Fencing Championships 1956 London Foil, team 1957 Paris Foil, individual 1961 Turin Foil, team 1963 Gdansk Foil, team 1965 Paris Foil, team 1966 Moscow Foil, team 1967 Montreal Foil, individual 1970 Ankara Foil, team 1971 Viena Foil, team

Alexandra Ivanovna Zabelina (Russian: Александра Ивановна Забелина, born 11 March 1937) is a retired Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Between 1956 and 1971 Zabelina won eight team and two individual world titles in the foil.^[3] She won the individual Silver Prize at the 1961 and 1966 world championships and team Silver Prize in 1959, 1962, 1967 and 1969. She missed the 1964 Summer Olympics because she was expecting her son.^[4]

Zabelina first trained in gymnastics, but had to quit due to an injury. In retirement she worked as a fencing coach. Her students included the Olympic champion Maria Mazina.^[4]

References

1. "Olympics Statistics: Alexandra Zabelina". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
2. "Alexandra Zabelina Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
3. "Miss Zabelina, Soviet Union, Wins World Foils Title". The New York Times. 13 July 1967. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
4. Tatiana Kolchanova. "Alexandra Zabelina" in Fencing in Persons. fencing-future.com

Soviet foil team at the 1960 Olympics, Zabelina is 2nd or 3rd from right