Sergei Golubitsky ( uk, Сергій Віталійович Голубицький, Romanization of Ukrainian ; russian: Серге́й Вита́льевич Голуби́цкий, tr. ; born 20 December 1969) is a

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fencer. He won three straight world championships in men's

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. He now lives in United States, where he runs the Golubitsky Fencing Center in Tustin, CA. He designed a fencing blade for the Leon Paul company. He wrote his autobiography in 2004
''Fencing Is My Life''
The book was translated into French and published in France in 2013 under the titl
''L'escrime dans la peau''

Career highlights

*2000 Olympics: 5th Place (Australia) *1999 World Champion (Korea) *World Cup Champion (end of season points leader) *Super Masters: Gold Medal (Italy) *1998 World Champion (Switzerland) *1997 World Champion (South Africa) *Universiade: Silver Medal (Italy) *European Championships: Silver Medal (Poland) *Awarded with Order of the President of Ukraine *1996 Olympics: 6th Place (USA) *1995 World Championships: Bronze Medal (Netherlands) *European Champion (Hungary) *1994 World Cup Champion (end of season points leader) *1993 Universiade: Gold Medal (USA) *World Championships: Silver Medal (Germany) *World Cup Champion (end of season points leader) *1992 Olympics: Silver Medal (Spain) *World Cup Champion (end of season points leader) *1991 Cup of Ukraine: Gold Medal *Cup of the USSR: Gold Medal *1990 World Championships: Bronze Medal by Team (France) *European Cup: Gold Medal (France) *1989 World Champion by Team (USA) *1985 Cup of Ukraine: Gold Medal

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* * * * 1969 births Living people Soviet male foil fencers Ukrainian male foil fencers Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of the Unified Team Olympic fencers of Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Kyiv Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub