Yakov Rylsky

Rylsky began fencing in 1949.[6] He was a member of the USSR National Team between 1953 and 1966.[7]

Rylsky was the Soviet sabre champion from 1954–58. In 1963, he was the winner of the Dantzer Cup in Paris.[8][9] He was a Merited Master of Sport in the Soviet Union, the highest honor give to Soviet athletes.[8]

Rylsky trained at Dynamo in Moscow.[10][6]

Rylsky was a 3-time gold medalist in individual sabre at the World Fencing Championshipss (the 1958 World Fencing Championships, 1961 World Fencing Championships, and 1963 World Fencing Championships).[11][8]

Rylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events in Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[12] In the team competition, Rylsky and his teammates lost to Poland (9–7) and Hungary (9–7) in the final pool, but won the bronze medal by beating France in the third-place match.[12][8] Rylsky was eliminated in the second round of the individual competition.[12]

Rylsky participated in individual and team events in Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[12] They finished fifth in the team event, and Rylsky reached the finals in the individual competition and finished eighth.[12]

In Rylsky's final Olympiad appearance, in Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won a gold medal in the team sabre event.[12][8] He finished fourth in the individual event.[12]

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