Oleh Shturbabin (in

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; born 22 July 1984) is a

sabre fencer, bronze medallist in the

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and silver team medallist in the

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Career

Shturbabin is the son of fencing coach Valery Shturbabin, who currently trains Ukraine's national sabre team. He took up fencing at the age of six. His first major award was a bronze medal at the 2001 Cadet World Championships in Gdańsk, followed by a team bronze medal at the Junior World Championships. He was offered a scholarship by an American college, but he refused as he did not want to move. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in sixth position in the sabre event. With Dmytro Boiko, Volodymyr Lukashenko and Vladyslav Tretiak, he won the silver medal in the sabre team event at the

after losing to France in the final. At the

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he won the bronze medal in the Sabre individual event. Shturbabin graduated from the

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at the European Fencing Confederation 1984 births Living people Ukrainian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Ukraine Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Baku FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub