Vladyslav Vasilyevich Tretiak ( uk, Владислав Васильович Третяк, also spelled Vladislav, born 21 February 1980 in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, in the

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

of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

fencer. Tretiak competed in men's sabre at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He reached the semifinals after defeating teammate

Volodymyr Lukashenko Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Lukashenko ( uk, Володимир Володимирович Лукашенко; often Vladimir as in Russian, born 14 February 1980) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Luk ...

, but lost to Hungary's Zsolt Nemcsik. He prevailed over

Dmitry Lapkes Dmitry Lapkes (born 4 June 1976) is a Belarusian sabre fencer, who has competed at four Olympic games. His best result in the Olympic games is finishing 4th in Athens. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 2011 World Fencing Cham ...

of Belarus to take the bronze medal. He finished 3rd in Team Sabre at the 2003 World Championships. At the

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 ...

he won a silver medal in the sabre team event together with

Dmytro Boiko Dmytro Boiko ( uk, Дмитро Бойко; born 16 January 1986) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. Boiko won the silver medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this ...

and

Oleh Shturbabin Oleh Shturbabin (in Ukrainian ; born 22 July 1984) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer, bronze medallist in the 2005 World Fencing Championships and silver team medallist in the 2006 World Fencing Championships. Career Shturbabin is the son of fencing ...

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