The Most Famous

FENCERS from Georgia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Georgian Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 349 Fencers, 2 of which were born in Georgia. This makes Georgia the birth place of the 21st most number of Fencers behind Denmark, and Sweden.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Georgian Fencers of all time. This list of famous Georgian Fencers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Guram Kostava (b. 1937)

With an HPI of 45.05, Guram Kostava is the most famous Georgian Fencer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Guram Kostava (Georgian: გურამ კოსტავა; born 18 June 1937) is a Soviet fencer. Kostava won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and another one in the individual épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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2. Yana Egorian (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 25.43, Yana Egorian is the 2nd most famous Georgian Fencer.  Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Yana Karapetovna Egorian (Russian: Яна Карапетовна Егорян; also spelled Yegoryan, born 20 December 1993) is a Russian left-handed sabre fencer, six-time team European champion, two-time team world champion, 2016 individual Olympic champion, and 2016 team Olympic champion.

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3. Sandro Bazadze (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 24.08, Sandro Bazadze is the 3rd most famous Georgian Fencer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Sandro Bazadze (Georgian: სანდრო ბაზაძე; born 29 July 1993) is a Georgian right-handed sabre fencer. He is the 2023 and 2022 individual European champion, and a two-time Olympian. Bazadze competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as Georgian fencers born between 1937 and 1993. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Georgian fencers include Guram Kostava, Yana Egorian, and Sandro Bazadze. As of April 2024, 1 new Georgian fencers have been added to Pantheon including Sandro Bazadze.

Living Georgian Fencers

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Newly Added Georgian Fencers (2024)

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