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NOC ROC   
GenderMen
Born 04 Aug 1992 in Tashkent, UZB
Height1.82 m
Human Interest
Further Personal Information
Residence Ufa, RUS
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team Central Sports Army Club [RUS] / Ufa Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS]:
General Interest
Memorable sporting achievement Winning gold in team foil at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (srsly.ru, 28 Sep 2020)
Awards and honours In recognition of his achievements at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he received the Order for Merit to the Fatherland [first class] from the president of the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 11 Aug 2021)

He received the Order of Friendship from the president of the Russian Federation in recognition of the gold medal he won at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (kremlin.ru, 25 Aug 2016)

In 2016 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (rusfencing.ru, 21 Feb 2020; minsport.gov.ru, 08 Aug 2016)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach Ilgar Mamedov [national], RUS; Ruslan Nasibullin [national, personal], RUS; Lira Grushina [personal], RUS
Handedness Right
When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing in 2001 in Ufa, Russian Federation.
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete
Languages Russian
Higher education Physical Education - Ural State University of Physical Education: Ufa, RUS
General Interest
Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (resbash.ru, 02 Sep 2021)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? "I was in the third grade [at school] and my first coaches Farit Arslanov and Vil Nagimov came to our class. They began talking about fencing. At that time it was something new, interesting and unusual. And just in these years this film ['The Three Musketeers'] was played on all the TV channels. I was immediately inspired and wanted to try it, since all the other guys were already playing football and hockey and I did not want to be in that crowd."
General Interest
Sporting philosophy / motto "I see a goal, I go for it." (prufy.ru, 17 Aug 2021)
Hobbies Snowboarding, spending time in nature. (srsly.ru, 28 Sep 2020)

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
Olympic Games
2020 2 Team Foil Tokyo, Japan
2016 1 Team Foil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016 3 Individual Foil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Championships
2019 4 Team Foil Budapest, Hungary
2018 3 Team Foil Wuxi, China
2017 4 Team Foil Leipzig, Germany
2014 3 Individual Foil Kazan, Russia
European Championships
2019 4 Team Foil Düsseldorf, Germany
2018 1 Team Foil Novi Sad, Serbia
2017 2 Individual Foil Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 2 Team Foil Tbilisi, Georgia
2016 1 Individual Foil Torun, Poland