Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov ( be, Аляксандр Анатольевіч Раманькоў, tr. ; russian: Александр Анатольевич Романьков, tr. ) is a former

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fencer from the former

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, who was born on 7 November 1953 in the town of Korsakov on the island of

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

(just north of

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). He trained at Dynamo in

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and won a gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the three

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that he competed in between

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

and

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

Achievements

;

Foil team (1988) * Silver medal

Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980) * Bronze medal

Foil individual (1980, 1988) ; Fencing World Cup * Simple gold cup

Foil (1974, 1976) * A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team). * A seventeen-time Champion of the

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Honours

* Awarded the title of Chevallier Feyerick by the FIE. * Has coached the National teams of

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, and

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. * Featured in the 2004

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. * Coached for a few years at FAW, the Fencing Academy of Westchester, in Westchester New York. * Known sometimes as the "Tsar of Fencing".

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