Aleksey Dyachenko

Aleksey Dyachenko
Born (1978-11-11) 11 November 1978
St. Petersburg, Russia
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand right-handed
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Retired 2007
FIE Ranking current ranking

Aleksey Vladimirovich Dyachenko (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Дьяче́нко; born 11 November 1978) is a Russian sabre fencer.

He is the son of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko. His sister Yekaterina is a world champion sabre fencer.

Career

Dyachenko took part in the team sabre event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a reserve of the Russia team, which won a gold medal. He qualified as a full member of the team to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In the individual event he lost in the first round to Ukraine's Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy.[1] In the team event, Russia overcame Greece, but fell to Italy in the semifinals. They defeated the United States by a single hit to win the bronze medal. Dyatchenko only participated in the quarter final.[1]

Dyachenko is also a three-time world champion with the Russian team.

References

  1. 1 2 "Aleksey Dyachenko Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-06.

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