Yana Zvereva

Yana Aleksandrovna Zvereva (Russian: Яна Александровна Зверева; born 6 March 1989) is a Russian épée fencer, team world champion in the 2013 World Championships at Budapest and team silver medal in the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg.

She made her breakthrough in the 2012–13 season: she won the 2013 Sparkassen-Cup in Leipzig[1] and reached the quarter-finals in the individual event of the 2013 World Championships in Budapest.

[2] She advanced to the quarter-finals in the European Championships in Strasbourg, but was stopped by host France's Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin.

Zvereva fenced World No.2 Ana Maria Brânză in her last leg and gave her team a three-hit advantage, but Russia were finally defeated 38–34 and took the silver medal.

[4] In the team event Russia edged out South Korea in the quarter-finals, then largely prevailed over Hungary and Estonia to win the World title for the second time in a row.