Aleksandr Beketov (born 14 March 1970) is a Russian fencer and Olympic champion in the

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

competition. He won a gold medal in the épée individual and a team silver medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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1970 births Living people Russian male fencers Olympic fencers for Russia Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Voskresensk Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian sportsmen Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia) {{russia-fencing-bio-stub