Aida Shanayeva

Aida Shanayeva
Personal information
Full name Aida Vladimirovna Shanayeva
Born (1986-04-23) 23 April 1986
Vladikavkaz, RSFSR, NOASSR, Soviet Union
Weapon(s) foil
Hand right-handed
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
National coach(es) Stefano Cerioni
FIE ranking current ranking

Aida Vladimirovna Shanayeva (Russian: Аида Владимировна Шанаева, Ossetian: Санаты Владимиры чызг Аидæ; born 23 April 1986) is a Russian foil fencer, team Olympic champion at the 2008 Summer Olympics, World champion at 2009 World Fencing Championships and twice team World champion (2006 and 2011).

Shanayeva won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating USA in the final. She accomplished this with her teammates Svetlana Boiko, Julia Khakimova and Ianna Rouzavina.

  • Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Aida Shanayeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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