Igor Tikhomirov (russian: Игорь Тихомиров) (born 4 May 1963) is a Canadian (formerly Soviet) épée fencer. He competed for the Soviets at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, winning a bronze medal in the épée team competition. During the Soviet part of his career he trained at Dynamo in Moscow. Tikhomirov won the bronze medal for Canada at the épée

2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ...

after he lost 15-6 to Wang Lei in the semi-final. Same year he won gold for Canada at

Pan American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...

. He also represented Canada at

2008 Beijing Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

where he finished 15. He lives in Toronto where he runs the Sword Players Fencing Academy.

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