Fencers at the 2001 Maccabiah Games - Sergey Sharikov, Jonathan Tiomkin, Vadim Gutzeit, Maria Mazina (Paperback)

Chapters: Sergey Sharikov, Jonathan Tiomkin, Vadim Gutzeit, Maria Mazina. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sergey Sharikov (born June 18, 1974, in Moscow, Russia), also known as Serguei/Sergei Charikov, is a left-handed Russian sabre fencer. One of the best sabre fencers in the world, Sharikov began fencing at the age of twelve. In 1994, he won the individual gold medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1995, he earned a team silver medal at the World Championships, and an individual silver at the World Cup. He placed third in the individual sabre events at the 1998 and 2000 World Championships, and third in the team sabre event at the World Championships in 1999. His team won the gold in 2001-03. He won the European Championship in 2000, and came in second in 2002. His team won the gold medal in 2001-02 and 2004. In 1997 and 1999, he won bronze medals at the World University Games in sabre. In 2001, while ranked second in the world in sabre, he won the 21st World University Games sabre championship and helped the Russian team win the team gold medal. He competed in three Olympiads for Russia, winning 4 medals. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, he competed in both the individual and team events. In the team sabre competition, Sharikov and the Russians defeated Hungary in the final (45-25) to win the gold medal. In the individual competition, Sharikov easily advanced to the final before losing; he was awarded the silver medal. Sharikov returned to the Olympics at the 2000 Sydney Games and helped lead the Russian team to its second consecutive gold medal in the team sabre event; they easily defeated France in the final, 45-32. In the individual sabre, Sergey entered the Olympics as the #3 seed (he was also ranked #3 in the world), but was eliminated...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=912267