Nikolai Novosjolov (born 9 June 1980) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n right-handed

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 contain ...

fencer, two-time individual world champion, and four-time

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. Novosjolov competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the

2008 Beijing Olympic Games 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 ...

, the

2012 London Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, and the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

Medal Record

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

Orders

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, 3rd Class

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* * * * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Haapsalu Estonian male épée fencers Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Olympic fencers of Estonia Estonian people of Russian descent Universiade bronze medalists for Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class European Games competitors for Estonia Fencers at the 2015 European Games Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Estonian sports coaches Fencing coaches 20th-century Estonian people 21st-century Estonian people {{Estonia-fencing-bio-stub