Alexandr Romankov
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Alexandr Romankov
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| Born | 7 November 1953 Korsakov, Soviet Union |
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| Country |  Soviet Union |
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandr Romankov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Романьков) is a former fencer from the former Soviet Union, who was born November 7, 1953 in the town of Korsakov on the island of Sakhalin (just north of Japan). One of the most successful Soviet fencers, he is also regarded by some as the greatest foilist of the 20th century. He trained at Dynamo in Minsk and won a gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the three Olympic Games that he competed in between 1976 and 1988.[1][2]
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Biography
He won five individual medals at the world championships, but curiously, has never won an individual Olympic medal.
Achievements
Foil team (1988)
Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
Foil individual (1980, 1988)
Foil (1974, 1976)
- A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team).[3]
- A seventeen-time Champion of the USSR.[3]
Honours
- Awarded the title of Chevallier Feyerick by the FIE.[3]
- Has coached the National teams of Australia, Belarus, and Korea.[3]
- Featured in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records.[3]
- Coached for a few years at FAW, the Fencing Academy of Westchester, in Westchester New York.[3]
- Known sometimes as the "Tsar of Fencing".[3]
References
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Alexandr Romankov". databaseolympics.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=REICHKLA01. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ "Alexandr Romankov Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/klaus-reichert-1.html. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alexander Romankov". fencing-future.com. http://fencing-future.com/cntnt/eng/zvezdy_feh6/alexander_.html. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
See also
External links
- Alexandr Romankov at Sports-Reference.com
- Alexandr Romankov profile from site Eurofencing.info
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