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Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov ( be, Аляксандр Анатольевіч Раманькоў, tr. ; russian: Александр Анатольевич Романьков, tr. ) is a former Belarusian fencer from the former
Foil team (1988)
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Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
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Foil individual (1980, 1988)
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Foil (1974, 1976)
* A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team).
* A seventeen-time Champion of the
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romankov, Alexander 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
Soviet Union
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, who was born on 7 November 1953 in the town of Korsakov on the island of Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
(just north of Japan). He trained at Dynamo
"Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, )
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in Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...
and won a gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the three Olympic Games
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that he competed in between 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...
and 1988.
Achievements
;Olympic Games
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* Foil team (1988)
* Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
* Foil individual (1980, 1988)
;Fencing World Cup
The FIE Fencing World Cup is an international fencing competition held by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. In each weapon (Men's and Women's Épée, Sabre and Foil (fencing), Foil), three Grand Prix, five World Cup events and several sat ...
* Foil (1974, 1976)
* A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team).
* A seventeen-time Champion of the USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
.
Honours
* Awarded the title of Chevallier Feyerick by the FIE. * Has coached the National teams of Australia,Belarus
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, and Korea
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.
* Featured in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records
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.
* Coached for a few years at FAW, the Fencing Academy of Westchester, in Westchester New York.
* Known sometimes as the "Tsar of Fencing".
See also
* Multiple medallist at the World Fencing ChampionshipsReferences
External links
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romankov, Alexander 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