Marta Valeryevna Martyanova (; born 1 December 1998) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer and 2021 team Olympic team champion.
Career Martyanova began fencing in 2006 and became a member of the Russian national team in 2015. She participated in the team women's foil event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games as a replacement athlete instead of underperforming Adelina Zagidullina, who struggled in the semifinal match against American Lee Kiefer. In the third period of the gold medal match against France, Martyanova was fencing Pauline Ranvier when she fell and injured her left ankle; however, she continued fencing and eventually helped the team to win gold.
Medal record
Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2021 Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Foil1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2017 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Foil3rd
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Foil2nd2018 Novi Sad, SerbiaTeam Women's Foil2nd
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition03/17/2017 Long Beach, CaliforniaIndividual Women's Foil2nd03/26/2021 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Foil3rd05/17/2026 Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd
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