Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky(Russian:Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 – 9 December 1999)[1]was an Olympic champion and three-time world championRussiansabrefencerwho competed for theSoviet Union.[2][3]He took part in three Olympic Games and won two medals in the team events.[4][5]
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| Birth name | Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1928 Aleksandrovka,Kazakh ASSR,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 December 1999(aged 71) Moscow,Russia | ||||||||||||||
| 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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Early life
editRylsky was born inAleksandrovka,Russian SFSRto a Russian mother and Jewish father.[6][2][7]
Fencing career
editRylsky 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 theRussian Merited Master of Sport,the highest honour given to Soviet athletes.[10]
Rylsky trained atDynamoinMoscow.[12][8]
World championships
editRylsky had won three gold medals in the individual sabre at theWorld Fencing Championships(1958,1961and1963).[13][10]
Olympics
editRylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events at the1956 Summer OlympicsinMelbourne.[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 the1960 Summer OlympicsinRome.[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, at1964 Summer GamesinTokyo,he won the gold medal in the team sabre event.[14][10]Rylsky then finished fourth in the individual event.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^(in Russian)Article on Yakov RylskyinSovetsky Sportnewspaper
- ^abJoseph M. Siegman (1992).The International Jewish Sports Hall...SP Books.ISBN9781561710287.RetrievedOctober 20,2011.
- ^Wigoder, Geoffrey (March 3, 1975).Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary.Keter Publishing House Jerusalem.ISBN9780706514124– via Google Books.
- ^"Olympics Statistics: Yakov Rylsky".databaseolympics.Archived fromthe originalon March 7, 2012.RetrievedOctober 20,2010.
- ^"Yakov Rylsky Olympic Results".sports-reference.Archived fromthe originalon April 17, 2020.RetrievedOctober 20,2010.
- ^"Jewish Olympic Medalists".jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ^"July 19, 1996 - Image 91".The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives.
- ^ab""Soviet News" Booklet[s] ".Soviet News. March 3, 1958 – via Google Books.
- ^(in Russian)Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation
- ^abcdeSiegman, Joseph M. (March 3, 1992).The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.SP Books.ISBN9781561710287– via Google Books.
- ^Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (March 3, 1965)."Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports".Bloch Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^Boris Khavin (1979).All about Olympic Games(in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow:Fizkultura i sport.p. 576.
- ^"Sports 123: Fencing: World Championships: Men: Sabre".October 13, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-10-13.
- ^abcdefg"Yakov Rylsky Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference".April 17, 2020. Archived fromthe originalon 2020-04-17.