Vitaly Mikhailovich Medvedev ( uk, Вiталiй Михайлович Медведєв, born 7 May 1983) is a fencer who specializes in the

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

. He was born in the Uzbek SSR,

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. His family then moved to the Lithuanian SSR, and in 1990 to

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

, where he started fencing at the age of 11.He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics 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 Na ...

and finished in seventh place with the Ukrainian team. In 2013, he won a silver and a bronze medal in the team épée at the world and European championships, respectively. His parents are former basketball players. His mother, Emilia Kudusovna Medvedeva, worked as a teacher.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Medvedev, Vitaly 1983 births Living people Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Ukraine Ukrainian male épée fencers Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade