The Most Famous
FENCERS from Kazakhstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 174 Fencers, 3 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 16th most number of Fencers behind Guadeloupe and Portugal.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kazakhstani Fencers of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Fencers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Yakov Rylsky (1928 - 1999)
With an HPI of 42.06, Yakov Rylsky is the most famous Kazakhstani Fencer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky (Russian: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 – 9 December 1999) was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion Russian sabre fencer who competed for the Soviet Union. He took part in three Olympic Games and won two medals in the team events.
2. Wladimir Resnitschenko (1965 - )
With an HPI of 34.62, Wladimir Resnitschenko is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Fencer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Wladimir Resnitschenko (born 27 July 1965) is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics representing the Soviet Union. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he won a gold in the same event representing Germany.
3. Sofya Velikaya (1985 - )
With an HPI of 30.67, Sofya Velikaya is the 3rd most famous Kazakhstani Fencer. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya (Russian: Софья Александровна Великая, IPA: [ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə]; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer. Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time team), world champion (two-time individual, six-time team), and two-time Olympic team champion. She competed in the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics, and is a three-time individual silver medalist. She dedicated her team's 2016 Olympic gold medal to those Russians who had been banned for doping. In January 2024, Velikaya was included in the list of proxies of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the 2024 Russian presidential election.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as fencers born between 1928 and 1985. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living fencers include Wladimir Resnitschenko and Sofya Velikaya. The most famous deceased fencers include Yakov Rylsky. As of April 2022, 2 new fencers have been added to Pantheon including Yakov Rylsky and Wladimir Resnitschenko.
