Alexandr Romankov

{{Short description|Soviet fencer (born 1953)}}

{{Infobox fencer

| name = Alexandr Romankov

| image = Aleksandr Romankov St Maur 2015 ind t142346.jpg

| caption = Romankov in 2015

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| full_name = Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR

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| weapon = foil

| hand = left-handed

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 72 kg

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{{Medal|Country | {{URS}} }}

{{Medal|Sport|Men's fencing}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|W|1|(0 individual)}}

{{Medal|RU|2|(1 individual)}}

{{Medal|3rd|2|(2 individual)}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|W|10|(5 individual)}}

{{Medal|RU|2|(1 individual)}}

{{Medal|3rd|3|(0 individual)}}

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Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov ({{langx|be|Аляксандр Анатольевіч Раманькоў|Alyaksandr Anatolyevich Ramankow}}; {{langx|ru|Александр Анатольевич Романьков|Aleksandr Anatolyevich Romankov}}) 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 ) .{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROMANALE01 |title=Alexandr Romankov |access-date=2011-04-11 |website=databaseOlympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815221811/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROMANALE01 |archive-date=2011-08-15 }}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aleksandr-romankov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200019/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aleksandr-romankov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Alexandr Romankov |access-date=2011-04-11}}

Achievements

;Olympic Games

  • 20 px Foil team (1988)
  • 20 px Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
  • 20 px Foil individual (1980, 1988)

;Fencing World Cup

  • 20px Foil (1974, 1976)
  • A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team).{{cite web|url=http://fencing-future.com/cntnt/eng/zvezdy_feh6/alexander_.html|title=Alexander Romankov|publisher=fencing-future.com|access-date=29 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813082244/http://fencing-future.com/cntnt/eng/zvezdy_feh6/alexander_.html|archive-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • A seventeen-time Champion of the USSR.

Honours

See also

References

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