Yelena Grishina Explained

Yelena Grishina
Fullname:Yelena Borisovna Grishina
Native Name:Елена Борисовна Гришина
Nationality:Soviet Union
Birth Date:6 November 1968
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
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Child:yes
Relatives:Yevgeny Grishin (brother)
Children:Sergey Bida (son)
Height:180 cm
Weight:76 kgs
Country:Soviet Union
Sport:Fencing
Event:foil
Team:Soviet Union, Unified Team
Olympics:1988 Olympics, 1992 Olympics

Yelena Borisovna Grishina (Russian: Елена Борисовна Гришина; born 6 November 1968) is a former Soviet fencer. She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. In the 1989 World Fencing Championships and the 1990 World Fencing Championships she won silver medals in foil team competing for the Soviet Union, and in 1995 she won a bronze medal in the European Championships in foil.

Grishina is a member of Match TV, the press attache and spokesperson of the Russian Fencing Federation.[1] [2]

Personal life

Yelena comes from a family of Olympians. Her father, Boris Grishin, medaled in water polo in the Olympics, and her brother Yevgeny Grishin won bronze in water polo in the Olympics as well.

Grishina's mother, Valentina Rastvorova, was born in Odessa, Ukraine.[3] She was a six-time world champion foil fencer who ascended the Olympic podium twice.[4]

Her son, Sergey Bida, is a top-ranked épée fencer who made his Olympic debut in Tokyo, winning a silver medal.[5] He was ranked #1 in the world in 2020.[6] He is also a three-time European épée team champion.[7] He moved to the United States in 2023 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with his wife, Olympic épée fencer Violetta Khrapina Bida.[8] [9]

Fencing career

She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1988 (for the Soviet Union) and 1992 Summer Olympics (for the Unified Team), with the team coming in fourth at each Olympics.[10] [11]

In the 1989 World Fencing Championships and the 1990 World Fencing Championships she won silver medals in foil team competing for the Soviet Union.[11]

In 1995 she won a bronze medal in the European Championships in foil.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: РАСПИСАНИЕ ТРАНСЛЯЦИЙ XXXI ЛЕТНИХ ОЛИМПИЙСКИХ ИГР С 3 ПО 7 АВГУСТА 2016 ГОДА. sporttvnews.ru.
  2. Web site: Two-times Olympic fencing champion Sergei Sharikov dies in car accident. TASS. June 7, 2015.
  3. Web site: Valentina Rastvorova. Olympedia .
  4. Web site: Chirashnya . Igor . Parenting Insight from Elena Grishina, Champion Fencing Mom of the World's #1 Epee Fencer, Sergey Bida . Academy of Fencing Masters . 8 May 2020 . 26 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Etchells . Daniel . World silver medallist Bida going for gold at FIE Épée Grand Prix in Doha . Inside the Games . 23 January 2020 . Dunsar Media . 26 July 2020.
  6. Web site: The International Fencing Federation . The International Fencing Federation official website.
  7. Владимир Линдер, Павел Андрианов, Ирина Прасканова, Сергей Шилов (2021). На крыльях «Буревестника». История студенческого спорта (in Russian).
  8. Web site: Welcome Sergey Bida to the United States and to AFM!. Academy of Fencing Masters. Igor Chirashnya. June 21, 2023.
  9. Web site: Scherma . Redazione Pianeta . June 22, 2023 . Sergey Bida lascia la Russia e si sposta negli Stati Uniti: sarà Maestro e parteciperà alle gare domestiche USA . pianetascherma.com . it.
  10. Web site: Yelena Grishina Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081623/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/yelena-grishina-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 28 July 2011 . sports-reference.com.
  11. Web site: Yelena Grishina. Olympedia .
  12. Web site: Yelena Grishina - Escrime. L'Équipe.