Julia Khakimova
Russian fencer
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Julia Khakimova (Russian: Юлия Ильдусовна Хакимова; born 28 February 1981) is a Russian foil fencer.[1]
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| Full name | Yuliya Ildusovna Kakhimova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fencing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MGFSO | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Vladislav Pavlovich | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach | Anvar Ibragimov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Viktor Khashimov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | Current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Russia
Khakimova won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final.[2] She accomplished this with her teammates Aida Shanayeva, Svetlana Boyko and Ianna Rouzavina.[3]
At the 2005 Summer Universiade, Khakimova won a bronze medal in the individual women's foil event.[4]
United States
In 2013 Julia along with her husband, former head coach of the Russian National Junior Team Vadim Ayupov, opened their own fencing club - the United Fencing Academy (UFA), in Woodland Hills, CA.[5]
