Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky (Russian: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 – 9 December 1999)[1] was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion Russian sabre fencer who competed for the Soviet Union.

[10][11] Rylsky achieved the title of the Russian Merited Master of Sport, the highest honour given to Soviet athletes.

[12][8] Rylsky had won three gold medals in the individual sabre at the World Fencing Championships (1958, 1961 and 1963).

[13][10] Rylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

[14] In Rylsky's final Olympiad appearance, at 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, he won the gold medal in the team sabre event.