Alexandr Romankov
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Full name | Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR | 7 November 1953|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov (Belarusian: Аляксандр Анатольевіч Раманькоў, tr. Aljaksandr Anatol'evič Raman'koŭ; Russian: Александр Анатольевич Романьков, tr. Aleksandr Anatol’evich Roman’kov) is a former Belarusian fencer from the former Soviet Union, who was born on 7 November 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]
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]
See also[]
- Multiple medallist at the World Fencing Championships
References[]
- ^ "Alexandr Romankov". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Romankov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alexander Romankov". fencing-future.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Soviet male fencers
- Olympic fencers of the Soviet Union
- Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in fencing
- Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade