 She accomplished this with her team mates Aida Shanayeva, Svetlana Boiko and Ianna Rouzavina.At the 2005 Summer Universiade, Khakimova won a bronze medal in the individual women's foil event.In 2013 Julia along with her husband, former head coach of the Russian National Junior Team Vadim Ayupov, opened their own fencing club - the United Fencing Academy (UFA), in Woodland Hills, CA.