Julia Khakimova | |
Fullname: | Yuliya Ildusovna Kakhimova |
Country: | USA |
Formercountry: | Russia |
Birth Date: | 1981 2, df=y |
Weapon: | foil |
Hand: | right-handed |
Club: | MGFSO |
Headcoach: | Vladislav Pavlovich |
Assistcoach: | Anvar Ibragimov |
Formercoach: | Viktor Khashimov |
Fieranking: | Current ranking |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Julia Khakimova (Russian: Юлия Ильдусовна Хакимова; born 28 February 1981) is a Russian foil fencer.[1]
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 team mates 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]
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]