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Yury Osipov

Soviet fencer

Born
16 March 1937, Volgograd
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Sport
fencing
Occupation
fencer

Yuri Osipov (born 16 March 1937) is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Osipov won gold at the 1962 World Fencing Championships in Buenos Aires with the Soviet foil squad. He was crowned USSR Champion in team events during 1957, 1960, and 1962, and earned individual silver medals at USSR championships in 1957 and 1962, plus bronze in 1960 and 1963 He held the title Master of Sport in foil fencing (Soviet era) and later served as an international referee and sports organizer.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1956 Summer Olympics1956

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q3811407 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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