Viktor Krovopuskov

Viktor Alekseyevich Krovopuskov (Russian: Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Кровопу́сков; born 29 September 1948 in Moscow[1]) is a retired sabre fencer, who competed for the USSR.

Viktor Krovopuskov
Personal information
Born (1948-09-29) 29 September 1948
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Sabre individual
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Sabre individual

Krovopuskov began fencing at age 13 at the Children and Youth Sport School in Moscow, his first trainer being Igor Chernyshev.[2] In 1967 he joined the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.[2] He was a member of the USSR National Team between 1973 and 1986.[1] At the 1976 Olympics he won gold medals in both the individual and team sabre events. He repeated his performance at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he again won gold medals in both events.[3][4]

Krovopuskov was world champion in individual sabre twice (1978 and 1982), and team sabre five times (1974, 1975, 1979, 1983, and 1985). He also won the World Cup in sabre twice (1976 and 1979). In 1979 he was named the Best Sabre Fencer of the World by the International Fencing Federation.[1]

He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976[5] and the Order of Lenin in 1980.[1]

Bibliography

V. L. Golubev (1981). Viktor Krovopuskov. Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport.

References
  1. (in Russian) Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. V. L. Golubev (1981). Viktor Krovopuckov. Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport.
  3. "Olympics Statistics: Viktor Krovopuskov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  4. "Viktor Krovopuskov Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  5. Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 556.
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