Aliaksandr Buikevich

{{Short description|Belarusian fencer (born 1984)}}

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{{Infobox fencer

| name = Aliaksandr Buikevich

| image = Aliaksandr Buikevich 2015 WCh SMS-EQ t150054.jpg

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| nickname = "The Fierce"

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| residence = Minsk, Belarus

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brest, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union

| weapon = Sabre

| hand = Left-handed

| height = 1.91 m

| weight = 80 kg

| natlcoach = Aliaksandr Surimto, Dmitry Lapkes, Grigoriy Lopatnev

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| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/1803 current ranking]

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{{MedalSport | Men's sabre fencing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{BLR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Catania|Team sabre}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Kyiv|Individual sabre}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Ghent|Team sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Kyiv|Team sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Legnano|Individual sabre}}

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Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Buikevich ({{langx|be|Аляксандар Мікалаевіч Буйкевіч}}, {{langx|ru|Александр микалаевич Буйкевич}}; born 19 November 1984) is a Belarusian sabre fencer,{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/buikevich-aliaksandr-1034136/ |title=Aliaksandr Buikevich |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721173635/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/buikevich-aliaksandr-1034136/ |archivedate=2012-07-21}} European champion in 2008 and team silver medallist at the 2011 World Championships in Catania. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals in the individual sabre, losing to Romania's Mihai Covaliu, while the Belarusian sabre team also reached the quarter-finals.{{Cite web|title = Sabre individual men results - Fencing - Beijing 2008 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/fencing/sabre-individual-m|website = www.olympic.org|accessdate = 2015-09-11}}{{Cite web|title = Sabre team men results - Fencing - Beijing 2008 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/fencing/sabre-team-m|website = www.olympic.org|accessdate = 2015-09-11}}{{Cite Sports-Reference|title = Aleksandr Buykevich|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/aleksandr-buykevich-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/aleksandr-buykevich-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|accessdate = 2015-09-11}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's sabre, but was defeated in the table of 16 by Romania's Rareș Dumitrescu.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/c95acda4-e29b-4045-ac0e-3fea7a7edd21|title=Aliaksandr Buikevich|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=11 September 2012}} The Belarusian team again reached the quarter-finals.{{Cite web|title = Sabre team men results - Fencing - London 2012 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/fencing/sabre-team-m|website = www.olympic.org|accessdate = 2015-09-11}} Buikevich qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as the only Belarusian fencer. In men's sabre in the table of 32 he defeated Joseph Polossifakis of Canada. He could not advance to the quarter-finals as in the table of 16 he lost to the eventual winner Áron Szilágyi of Hungary, who claimed his second consecutive gold medal at the Olympics individual men's sabre. Buikevich finished 12th in the event.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/fencing-standings-fe-mens-sabre-individual |title=Rio 2016 Men's sabre results |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922165455/https://www.rio2016.com/en/fencing-standings-fe-mens-sabre-individual |archivedate=22 September 2016 }}