Elizabeth Tartakovsky | |
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Born | Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. | May 24, 2000
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Saber |
Hand | Right-handed |
Club | Manhattan Fencing Center |
Head coach | Yury Gelman |
Elizabeth Tartakovsky (born May 24, 2000) is an American right-handed saber fencer.[1] She qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
Tartakovsky's great uncle is Olympic fencer Yury Gelman, and her sister Gabrielle fenced for Harvard.[3] Before fencing, she was a ballet skater. Tartakovsky speaks English, Russian, and Spanish.[1]
She graduated Livingston High School in 2018[4] and graduated Harvard University in 2023.[5]
In 2017, Tartakovsky was the bronze medalist in the World Cadets Fencing Championship.[6] Tartakovksy was the Individual Ivy League Champion[5] and bronze medalist at the NCAA Championships in the sabre in 2019.[7][5] She tied for bronze at the 2022 US Nationals in the sabre.[8] She was the women's sabre NCAA National Champion in 2022[9] and the silver medalist in 2023.[10] At the 2023 Pan American Fencing Championship, she tied for third.[11] At the 2024 Coupe de Monde, she again took third.
Tartakovksy was selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the individual and team sabre events.[12]