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]

Alexandr Romankov
Romankov in 2015
Personal information
Full nameAlexandr Anatolyevich Romankov
Born (1953-11-07) 7 November 1953
Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Soviet Union
SportFencing
Weaponfoil
Handleft-handed
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's fencing
Olympic Games
Winner1(0 individual)
Runner-up2(1 individual)
Third place2(2 individual)
World Championships
Winner10(5 individual)
Runner-up2(1 individual)
Third place3(0 individual)

Achievements

Olympic Games
  • Foil team (1988)
  • Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
  • Foil individual (1980, 1988)
Fencing World Cup
  • Foil (1974, 1976)
  • A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team).[3]
  • A seventeen-time Champion of the USSR.[3]

Honours

See also

References

  1. "Alexandr Romankov". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  2. 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.
  3. "Alexander Romankov". fencing-future.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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