Kamil Ibragimov

Kamil Ibragimov
Ibragimov at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full name	Kamil Anvarovich Ibragimov
Born	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 28) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	Right-handed
National coach	Christian Bauer
Club	CSKA Moscow
Personal coach	Aleksandr Shirshov
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2013 Budapest Team sabre 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre 2015 Moscow Team sabre 2017 Leipzig Individual sabre 2018 Wuxi Individual sabre European Championships 2016 Toruń Team sabre 2017 Tbilisi Team sabre 2014 Strasbourg Team sabre 2018 Novi Sad Individual sabre 2019 Düsseldorf Individual sabre 2014 Strasbourg Individual sabre 2016 Toruń Individual sabre Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Team sabre

Kamil Anvarovich Ibragimov (Russian: Камиль Анварович Ибрагимов; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian right-handed sabre fencer, two-time team European champion, and two-time team world champion.^[1]

Personal life[]

Ibragimov is the son of foil fencers Anvar Ibragimov and Olga Velichko.^[2] He spent his childhood rubbing shoulders with champions such as four-time Olympic champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov, known to him as "Uncle Stas". He began fencing at the age of seven under the guidance of 1992 Olympic champion Aleksandr Shirshov, who remains his personal coach.^[2]

Ibragimov is married to former sabre fencer Anna German. He was educated at the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Career[]

Ibragimov won in 2009 the Cadets World Fencing Championships in Belfast. In the same time, he began competing in a few senior events. In 2010 he won the 2010 Junior European Championships in Athens. The year after, he won the U23 European Championships at Kazan both in the individual and in the team event.

Amongst seniors, he made his breakthrough during the 2012–13 season, when he climbed his first World Cup podium with a gold medal in the Glaive d'Asparoukh after defeating Romania's Tiberiu Dolniceanu in the final.^[3] That same year, he won the Junior World Championship in Poreč^[4] and the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.^[5] At the World Championships in Budapest, he was eliminated in the second round by Max Hartung of Germany. In the team event, where Ibragimov stood as reserve, Russia won the gold medal after prevailing over Romania in the final. Ibragimov finished the season No.15 in FIE world rankings.

In the 2014 European Championships at Strasbourg, Ibragimov made his way to the semi-finals where he was stopped by team-mate Aleksey Yakimenko and came away with the bronze medal.^[6] In the team event, Russia met Italy in the final. The Italians gained a 5-hit lead after the 7th relay. Despite individual victories in the two last legs, Russia could not bridge the gap and were defeated 44–45.^[7] A month after, in the World Championships at Kazan, Ibragimov was defeated in the second round by Nicolas Limbach of Germany. The team event was Ibragimov's first time as a full member of the side.^[8] World No.1 Russia met Germany in the semi-finals. Selected to close the match instead of captain Nikolay Kovalev, Ibragimov could not prevent Germany from winning 45–40. They met Hungary in the small final, but were defeated once again and came away with no medal.

In the 2014–15 season Ibragimov won the Trofeo Luxardo in Padova after seeing off Ukraine's Andriy Yagodka in the final.^[9]

Medal Record[]

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2013	Budapest, Hungary	Team Men's Sabre	1st[10]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[11]
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Team Men's Sabre	1st[12]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[13]
2018	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[14]

European Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Strasbourg, France	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[15]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Men's Sabre	2nd[16]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[17]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Men's Sabre	1st[18]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Men's Sabre	1st[19]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[20]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[21]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
01/19/2013	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Individual Men's Sabre	1st[22]
03/28/2015	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[23]
03/30/2018	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[24]

World Cup[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
01/30/2015	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	1st[25]
05/01/2015	Madrid, Spain	Individual Men's Sabre	2nd[26]
10/30/2015	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[27]
01/29/2016	Padua, Italy	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[28]
02/19/2016	Warsaw, Poland	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[29]
11/03/2017	Algiers, Algeria	Individual Men's Sabre	3rd[30]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kamil Ibragimov.

• Kamil Ibragimov at the International Fencing Federation
• Kamil Ibragimov at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
• Kamil Ibragimov at the Russian Fencing Federation (in Russian) (in English) (archive)