Yakov Rylsky
Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky (Russian: Яков Ануфриевич Рыльский) (25 October 1928 – 9 December 1999)[1] was an Olympic champion and three-time world champion Russian sabre fencer who competed for the Soviet Union.[10][11] Rylsky achieved the title of the Russian Merited Master of Sport, the highest honour given to Soviet athletes.[12][8] Rylsky had won three gold medals in the individual sabre at the World Fencing Championships (1958, 1961 and 1963).[13][10] Rylsky competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[14] In Rylsky's final Olympiad appearance, at 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, he won the gold medal in the team sabre event.