Aleksey Borisovich Cheremisinov (russian: Алексей Борисович Черемисинов; born 9 July 1985) is a Russian right-handed
foil
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Materials
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* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
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fencer, two-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, 2014 individual world champion, two-time
Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic champion.
Career
Cheremisinov took up fencing when he was seven, because there was a fencing hall close to home. His first coach was Lev Koreshkov.
Cheremisinov joined the Russia national team in 2007. He attempted to qualify for the
2008 Summer Olympics, but his defeat in the quarter-finals of the Lisbon qualifying tournament to Romania's
Virgil Sălișcan ended his hopes.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics he was defeated by Italy's
Andrea Baldini
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in the quarter-finals of the
individual event. In the
team event Russia fenced Germany in the first round. Cheremisinov entered the last relay with a three-hit advantage, but he could not hold the lead against
Peter Joppich
Peter Joppich (born 21 December 1982) is a German foil fencer.
Biography
Joppich is a five-time World Champion in Foil with four Individual titles and one Team title. He won the gold medal in 2010 World Fencing Championships after beating Lei ...
and Russia were defeated 40–44.
He won gold in the team event in the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil.
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Grand Prix
World Cup
References
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Russian male foil fencers
Living people
Olympic fencers of Russia
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Martial artists from Moscow
1985 births
Olympic medalists in fencing
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in fencing
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
21st-century Russian people