Yekaterina Igoryevna Fedorkina (Russian: Екатерина Игоревна Федоркина; also spelled Ekaterina, born 29 March 1983) is a retired Russian sabre fencer, team world champion in 2004 and five-time European champion (team and individual).
Yekaterina Fedorkina
Full name
Yekaterina Igoryevna Fedorkina
Born
(1983-01-29) 29 January 1983 (age 40) Kaluga, Russia
Fedorkina first took up rowing when she was ten years old after a rowing coach did a presentation of the sport at her school, but she found it boring.[1] A school friend who was fencing suggested her own sport instead. Coach Galina Gashinskaya took an immediate interest in her after noticing she was left-handed. Despite early evidence of talent Fedorkina stopped training in sixth grade because of the harsh discipline, but Gashinskaya, who lived across the street, joined with her mother to badger her into coming back.[1] After beginning with the foil Fedorkina moved to sabre under the training of Gashinskaya's husband Oleg.[1]
Her first medal in a major event was a bronze medal at the 1999 Cadet World Championships in Dijon, followed by another bronze medal at the 2001 Junior European Championships in Keszthely and at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani. She began fencing in the senior category in the 2002–03 season and climbed the podium in her first World Cup competition with a bronze at the Moscow Grand Prix. That same year she was included in the Russian national team[2] and with Yelena Nechayeva, Sofiya Velikaya and Nataliya Makeyeva she won in Bourges her first European medal, a team gold.[citation needed]
In the 2003–04 season Fedorkina won a silver medal at the European Championships in Copenhagen after ceding in the final to Poland's Aleksandra Socha. At the World Championships held for events absent from the 2004 Summer Olympics programme, Russia won the title in women's team sabre after prevailing over the United States. The next year Fedorkina won the gold medal at the European Championships in Zalaegerszeg.[3] She took part in the team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Velikaya, Nechayeva, Yekaterina Dyachenko and Fedorkina lost in the quarter-finals to eventual Olympic champions Ukraine, and finished 5th after the classification rounds.[citation needed]
ReferencesEdit
^ abcЕкатерина Федоркина: «Когда бывает невмоготу, твержу себе: «Терпи, Катя, терпи!» (in Russian). Stadium. 13 July 2007.
^Федоркина Екатерина Игоревна (in Russian). kalugasport.ru.
^Oksana Tonkacheeva (5 July 2005). Укол судьбы. Novye Izvestia (in Russian).
yekaterina, fedorkina, yekaterina, igoryevna, fedorkina, russian, Екатерина, Игоревна, Федоркина, also, spelled, ekaterina, born, march, 1983, retired, russian, sabre, fencer, team, world, champion, 2004, five, time, european, champion, team, individual, full,. Yekaterina Igoryevna Fedorkina Russian Ekaterina Igorevna Fedorkina also spelled Ekaterina born 29 March 1983 is a retired Russian sabre fencer team world champion in 2004 and five time European champion team and individual Yekaterina FedorkinaFull nameYekaterina Igoryevna FedorkinaBorn 1983 01 29 29 January 1983 age 40 Kaluga RussiaHeight1 74 m 5 ft 9 in Weight68 kg 150 lb SportCountryRussiaSportFencingWeaponSabreHandLeft handedNational coachDmitry RonzhinClubKaluga SDYUSHOR Olympic Training CentreHead coachGalina GashinskayaRetired2010FIE rankingranking archive Medal record Women sabreRepresenting RussiaWorld Championships2004 New York Team sabre2005 Leipzig Team sabre2006 Turin Team sabre2007 St Petersburg Team sabreEuropean Championships2003 Bourges Team sabre2004 Copenhagen Team sabre2005 Zalaegerszeg Individual sabre2006 Izmir Team sabre2007 Ghent Individual sabre2004 Copenhagen Individual sabre2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre2007 Ghent Team sabre2008 Kiev Individual sabreCareer EditFedorkina first took up rowing when she was ten years old after a rowing coach did a presentation of the sport at her school but she found it boring 1 A school friend who was fencing suggested her own sport instead Coach Galina Gashinskaya took an immediate interest in her after noticing she was left handed Despite early evidence of talent Fedorkina stopped training in sixth grade because of the harsh discipline but Gashinskaya who lived across the street joined with her mother to badger her into coming back 1 After beginning with the foil Fedorkina moved to sabre under the training of Gashinskaya s husband Oleg 1 Her first medal in a major event was a bronze medal at the 1999 Cadet World Championships in Dijon followed by another bronze medal at the 2001 Junior European Championships in Keszthely and at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani She began fencing in the senior category in the 2002 03 season and climbed the podium in her first World Cup competition with a bronze at the Moscow Grand Prix That same year she was included in the Russian national team 2 and with Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya and Nataliya Makeyeva she won in Bourges her first European medal a team gold citation needed In the 2003 04 season Fedorkina won a silver medal at the European Championships in Copenhagen after ceding in the final to Poland s Aleksandra Socha At the World Championships held for events absent from the 2004 Summer Olympics programme Russia won the title in women s team sabre after prevailing over the United States The next year Fedorkina won the gold medal at the European Championships in Zalaegerszeg 3 She took part in the team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics Velikaya Nechayeva Yekaterina Dyachenko and Fedorkina lost in the quarter finals to eventual Olympic champions Ukraine and finished 5th after the classification rounds citation needed References Edit a b c Ekaterina Fedorkina Kogda byvaet nevmogotu tverzhu sebe Terpi Katya terpi in Russian Stadium 13 July 2007 Fedorkina Ekaterina Igorevna in Russian kalugasport ru Oksana Tonkacheeva 5 July 2005 Ukol sudby Novye Izvestia in Russian External links EditEkaterina Fedorkina at the International Fencing Federation Ekaterina Fedorkina at the European Fencing Confederation archive Ekaterina Fedorkina at the International Olympic Committee Ekaterina Fedorkina at Olympics com Yekaterina Fedorkina at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yekaterina Fedorkina amp oldid 1156643303, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
