Nailja Faisrachmanovna Gilyasova

Nailja Giljasowa medal table
fencing
Soviet Union
Olympic games
gold	Montreal 1976	Foil team
silver	Moscow 1980	Foil team
World championships
bronze	Grenoble 1974	foil
gold	Grenoble 1974	Foil team
gold	Budapest 1975	Foil team
gold	Buenos Aires 1977	Foil team
gold	Hamburg 1978	Foil team
gold	Melbourne 1979	Foil team
gold	Clermont-Ferrand 1981	Foil team
gold	Rome 1982	foil

Nailja Faisrachmanowna Giljasowa ( Russian: Наиля Файзрахмановна Гилязова ; born January 2, 1953 in Kazan , Russian SFSR ) is a former Soviet foil fencer .

successes

Nailja Giljasowa achieved most of her successes at international level in team competition, but also won titles in individual. In 1982 she became the individual world champion in Rome , previously she had only won bronze in Grenoble in 1974 . With the team she became world champion six times: 1974 in Grenoble, 1975 in Budapest , 1977 in Buenos Aires , 1978 in Hamburg , 1979 in Melbourne and 1981 in Clermont-Ferrand . She took part in the Olympic Games twice with the Soviet delegation : in 1976 in Montreal , together with Olga Knjasewa , Walentina Nikonova , Jelena Novikowa and Walentina Sidorova, she reached the unbeaten final, in which France was also defeated 9: 2, and thus became Olympic champion . At the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 , Gilyasova finished ninth in the individual, while she again entered the battle for the gold medal with the Soviet team. This time France lost 6: 9, so Gilyasova received the silver medal.

Web links

• Nailja Giljasowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )