Aleksandr Shirshov
Appearance
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Full name | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Shirshov | ||||||||||||||
Born | Александр Сергеевич Ширшов 25 August 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Weapon | Sabre | ||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksandr Shirshov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Ширшов; born 25 August 1972) is a Russian former sabre fencer.[1] He was born in Moscow, and was a member of CSKA Moscow.[1] He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the Unified Team, and came in 13th in the individual sabre.[2][3] He is now a fencing coach. 2013 world team champion Kamil Ibragimov and four-time junior world champion Konstantin Lokhanov have been his pupils.[4][5] He is married to two-time Olympic team épée champion Oksana Yermakova.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aleksandr Shirshov". Olympedia.
- ^ "Aleksandr Shirshov". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Shirshov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ Andrei Morozov (19 April 2011). Камиль Ибрагимов: славный потомок великой династии. russkiymir.ru (in Russian).
- ^ ""Эти трое приносят жертвы в реальной жизни ради того, чтобы добро побеждало зло". Мы поговорили с российскими фехтовальщиками, которые уехали в США и хотят выступать за Америку на летней Олимпиаде". Новая газета Европа.
- ^ "Oksana Yermakova". Olympedia.
External links
[edit]- Alexander Shirshov at the International Fencing Federation
- Alexander Shirshov at the European Fencing Confederation
- Alexander Shirshov at the Russian Fencing Federation (in Russian) (in English)
- Aleksandr Shirshov at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Russian male fencers
- Olympic fencers for the Unified Team
- Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Martial artists from Moscow
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian fencing biography stubs