Timur Marselevich Safin ( rus, Тимур Марселевич Сафин, , tʲɪˈmur ˈsafʲɪn; born 4 August 1992) is a

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right-handed

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fencer. He is a two-time team European champion and 2016 individual European champion. A two-time Olympian, Safin is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 team Olympic champion, and 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist. His clubs are the Central Sports Army Club US and the Ufa Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve.

Career

Safin, who is of

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descent, took up fencing when he was nine years old after a coach came to make a presentation at his school. He specialized in

, joining the junior Russian team in 2009. He earned an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal in the 2011 U23 European Championships in Kazan. He won a team silver medal in the 2012 Junior European Championships and was crowned Junior World champion the same year in Moscow. In the senior category, he made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season. He won the Challenge Revenu after defeating in the final team Olympic champion

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. At the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg, he was defeated in the table of 16 by eventual gold winner James-Andrew Davis, and in the team event he helped Russia conquer a bronze medal. In the 2014 World Championships in Kazan he made his way to the semifinals, defeating along the way German champion

Peter Joppich Peter Joppich (born 21 December 1982) is a German foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium f ...

. He lost by a single hit to world no.1

Ma Jianfei Ma Jianfei (, born 29 July 1984) is a Chinese fencer, silver medallist in the 2014 World Fencing Championships at Kazan and team silver medallist in the 2011 World Fencing Championships at Catania. He won the 2013–14 Fencing World Cup. He went ...

of China and came away with a bronze medal. For this performance he was named breakthrough of the year by the

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Baldini v Safin Challenge International de Paris 2013 ts155457

Medal record

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Safin, Timur 1992 births Living people Russian male foil fencers Sportspeople from Tashkent Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing European Games bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in fencing Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Russia Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Tatar people of Russia Tatar sportspeople Volga Tatar people Military World Games gold medalists for Russia Military World Games medalists in fencing 21st-century Russian sportsmen