Iuri Osip'ovi

Yuri Osipov

Personal information
Birth name	Yury Osipovich Osipov, Юрий Осипович Осипов
Born	(1937-03-16) 16 March 1937 (age 88) Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1956 Summer Olympics
World finals	1962 World Championship Gold
Highest world ranking	World Champion

Yuri Osipov (born 16 March 1937) is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

• Achieved Team Gold at the 1962 World Fencing Championships in Buenos Aires with the Soviet foil squad  
• Crowned USSR Champion in team events during 1957, 1960, and 1962, and earned individual silver medals at USSR championships in 1957 and 1962, plus bronze in 1960 and 1963  
• Held the title Master of Sport in foil fencing (Soviet era) and later served as an international referee and sports organizer

References

• Osipov was trained under coaches A. P. Fedorov and S. Daraselia, competed for the DSO “Burevestnik” sports society in Tbilisi, and earned a degree from the Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute  
• Besides his athletic accomplishments, he also worked as an engineer-technologist and was involved in sports administration

External links

• Yury Osipov at Olympedia