Bohdan Serhiyovych Nikishyn ( uk, Богдан Сергійович Нікішин, translit=Bohdan Serhiyovyč Nikišyn; born 29 May 1980) is a Ukrainian right-handed

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fencer, 2015 team world champion, and three-time

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. Nikishyn competed in the

2004 Athens Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, the

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, and the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. Nikishyn won a bronze medal in the team men's épée event at the

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, a silver medal in the team men's épée event at the

2013 World Fencing Championships The 2013 World Fencing Championships were held at Budapest, Hungary from 5–12 August. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations 827 fencers from 101 countries competed. * (1) * (13) * ( ...

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, a gold medal in the team men's épée event at the

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, a bronze medal in the individual men's épée event at the

2018 World Fencing Championships The 2018 World Fencing Championships was held from 19 to 27 July at 2018 in Wuxi, China. Host selection On 23 November 2015, Wuxi beat the Japanese city of Fukuoka with 69 votes to 47. Schedule Twelve events were held. ''All times are local (UT ...

in Wuxi, China, and a silver medal in the team men's épée event at the

2019 World Fencing Championships The 2019 World Fencing Championships was held from 15 to 23 July 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. Schedule Twelve events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External l ...

in Budapest, Hungary. Nikishyn won a bronze medal in the individual men's épée event at the

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in Toruń, Poland, and a bronze medal in the individual men's épée event at the

2018 European Fencing Championships The 2018 European Fencing Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 16 to 21 June 2018 at the SPC Vojvodina. Schedule Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results Men Foil individual Épée individual Sa ...

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. Between 2006 and 2019, Nikishyn won two FIE Men's Épée Grand Prix titles, in addition to two silver medals and four bronze medals. Between 2008 and 2020, Nikishyn won four FIE Men's Épée World Cup titles, in addition to four silver medals and three bronze medals.

Career

Nikishyn took up fencing at the age of ten after he came by chance to a fencing training. He won a team silver medal at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Keszthely and joined the senior national team for the 2001 World Championships in Nîmes. He took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the

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by Romania's

Alexandru Nyisztor Alexandru Nyisztor (born 27 June 1979) is a Romanian épée fencer, who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is eight-time national épée champion of Romania. Career Nyisztor took up fencing when he was nine years old, on medical advice: ...

. In the team event Ukraine was defeated in the first round by Hungary and finished 5th after the placement rounds. Nikishyn was excluded from the national team in the 2004–05 season, but he was reinstated the next season. He achieved his first

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podium with a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix. At the 2006 World Championships in Turin he was eliminated in the qualifications phase of the individual event. In the team event Nikishyn,

Dmytro Karyuchenko Dmytro Karyuchenko ( uk, Дмитро Миколайович Карюченко; born 15 January 1980) is a Ukrainian épée fencer. Career He was born in 1980 in Kharkov. Begin fencing in 1990 and was the first coach of the brother. Karyuchenk ...

Maksym Khvorost Maksym Khvorost ( uk, Максим Володимирович Хворост; born 15 July 1982) is a Ukrainian épée fencer. Career He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Khvorost won the b ...

and Dmytro Chumak were defeated in the semi-finals, then overcame Hungary to earn Ukraine's first world medal in team épée. At his second Olympics,

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, Nikishyn was stopped in the second round by Switzerland's Michael Kauter. In the team event Ukraine was defeated in the first round by Poland and finished 7th. At the 2013 World Championships in Budapest Nikishyn lost in the first round to Spain's

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. In the team event Ukraine defeated Russia in the round of 16. After that they defeated the Czech Republic and France to meet Hungary in the final. Hungary won scoring 42–38 and Ukraine took a silver medal, the best result in Ukrainian history for men's team épée. Medal ceremony 2015 WCh EMS-EQ t200546

In the 2012–13 season Nikishyn won the Heidenheim Grand Prix and earned a silver medal in the Berne Grand Prix, which allowed him to enter the Top 10 for the first time in his career. In the next season he reached the final in the Doha Grand Prix, where he was defeated by Korea's

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, but then he won the Heidenheim Grand Prix and the Buenos Aires Grand Prix. He made his way to the

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of the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, where he lost to Korea's

Park Kyoung-doo Park Kyoung-doo ( or ; born 3 August 1984) is a South Korean right-handed épée fencer, four-time team Asian champion, 2016 individual Asian champion, and two-time Olympian. Park competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio ...

. He finished the season as No.2 in world rankings. The 2014–15 season was more difficult with only a quarter-finals finish at the Heidenheimer Pokal. At the

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in Montreux he lost in the round of 16 to France's

Ronan Gustin Ronan Gustin (born 17 August 1987) is a French épée fencer, team European and World champion in 2011. Career Gustin took up fencing at the early age of three at ASPTT Dijon. His junior results were unremarkable, but his build and motivation h ...

. The Ukrainian team lost to world No.1 France in the semifinals, then to hosts Switzerland and finished fourth. At the

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in Moscow, Nikishyn was eliminated again in the

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, losing to the eventual world champion

Géza Imre Géza Imre (; born 23 December 1974) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won four Olympic medals in the Épée competitions, a silver medal in 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, a bronze medal in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a silver medal in ...

. In the team event, Ukraine defeated Cuba, then Spain. They had a tight 34–33 victory over hosts Russia in the quarter-finals, then prevailed in the semi-final against Italy after a semi-final was marked by several non-combativity calls, which finished on the low score of 15–11. Passivity was also used on both sides in the final against South Korea. Nikishyn entered the match last when the score was 11–7 and, defending against Jung Seung-hwa's attacks, finished on 34–24, allowing Ukraine to win their first world title in men's fencing. In 2016 he won the bronze medal at the European Championships in the team and in the individual championships. In personal Bogdan defeated such rivals as: Bartosz Pisetsky (15:6), Gabor Boczko (10:9),

Paolo Pizzo Paolo Pizzo (born 4 April 1983) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, two-time individual world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic silver medalist. Biography In 1996, when Paolo Pizzo was 13, he was diagnosed with head cance ...

(15:6) and

(15:11). Nikishin lost in the semifinals to the future winner - Yannick Borel (8:15).

Medal Record

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

Personal life

Nikishyn was educated at the

Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture The Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture ( Ukrainian: ''Придніпровська державна академія будівництва та архітектури'') is one of the major academic institutions ...

in Dnipropetrovsk. He is married and has two children: Anastasia and Maksym.

References

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at the European Fencing Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikishyn, Bohdan 1980 births Living people Ukrainian male épée fencers Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Ukraine Sportspeople from Dnipro European Games competitors for Ukraine Fencers at the 2015 European Games World Fencing Championships medalists Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics