Alexandr Romankov
Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov (Belarusian: Аляксандр Анатольевіч Раманькоў, tr. Aljaksandr Anatol'evič Raman'koŭ; Russian: Александр Анатольевич Романьков, tr. Aleksandr Anatol’evich Roman’kov) is a former Belarusian fencer from the former Soviet Union, who was born on 7 November 1953 in the town of Korsakov on the island of Sakhalin (just north of Japan). He trained at Dynamo in Minsk and won a gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the three Olympic Games that he competed in between 1976 and 1988.[1][2]
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| Full name | Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 November 1953 Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achievements
Foil team (1988)
Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
Foil individual (1980, 1988)
Honours
- Awarded the title of Chevallier Feyerick by the FIE.[3]
- Has coached the National teams of Australia, Belarus, and Korea.[3]
- Featured in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records.[3]
- Coached for a few years at FAW, the Fencing Academy of Westchester, in Westchester New York.[3]
- Known sometimes as the "Tsar of Fencing".[3]
References
- "Alexandr Romankov". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Romankov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- "Alexander Romankov". fencing-future.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
External links
- Alexandr Romankov at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
- Aleksandr Romankov at the International Olympic Committee
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