Aleksey Dyachenko
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| Born |
11 November 1978 St. Petersburg, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon(s) | sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE Ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksey Vladimirovich Dyachenko (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Дьяче́нко; born 11 November 1978) is a Russian sabre fencer.
He is the son of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko. His sister Yekaterina is a world champion sabre fencer.
Career
Dyachenko took part in the team sabre event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a reserve of the Russia team, which won a gold medal. He qualified as a full member of the team to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In the individual event he lost in the first round to Ukraine's Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy.[1] In the team event, Russia overcame Greece, but fell to Italy in the semifinals. They defeated the United States by a single hit to win the bronze medal. Dyatchenko only participated in the quarter final.[1]
Dyachenko is also a three-time world champion with the Russian team.
References
- 1 2 "Aleksey Dyachenko Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
External links
- Profile at the European Fencing Confederatiuon
- Olympic.org. Sabre Team Men Results. Bronze Medals section.
- NBC Sports. Medal Winners - Fencing. Fencing — Men's Team Sabre (medals: August 19)