Columbia University Athletics

INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS

Season	Dual Record	Ivy League	Northeast Regional	NCAA Championship
2019-20	--	--	--	--
2020-21	--	--	--	--
2021-22	18-7	5-3	--	--
2022-23	27-12	8-3	--	--
Career	45-18	13-6

 
2022-23

Team captain … Competed at Ivy League Round Robins, going 8-3 … Posted 27-12 mark in dual meet competitions.
 
2021-22

Posted 5-3 mark at Ivy League Round Robins … Went 8-2 at Penn Invite … Made collegiate debut, going 5-2 at St. John’s Super Cup.
 
2020-21

Did not compete … Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019-20

As a first-year, did not compete for Columbia … Pursued an Olympics berth with the Israeli National Team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2019 graduate of Ironi Alef School of Arts and Sciences … Led Israeli National Team to fourth place in Junior World Cup in 2017 and a second-place finish at the Junior Maalot World Cup 2016 … Served as Olympic Senior National Team reserve in 2019 … Entered collegiate career ranked No. 72 in the world … Took 10th place at 2019 Senior European Fencing Championship … Rose to as high as No. 11 in the junior world rankings (2016-17).
 
PERSONAL

Born Yana Botvinnik on June 24, 1998 in Russia … Daughter of Anna and Boris Botvinnik … Has two siblings, Lev and Alexandra … Moved to Israel from Moscow in 2010 … Enrolled at Barnard College ... Majors in Computer Science.