Aliaksandr Buikevich

Aliaksandr Buikevich
Personal information
Nickname(s) "The Fierce"
Born (1974-11-19) 19 November 1974
Residence Minsk, Belarus
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand left-handed
Height 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
Weight 34 kg (75 lb)
National coach(es) Aliaksandr Surimto
FIE Ranking current ranking

Aliaksandr Buikevich (Belarusian: Аляксандар Буйкевіч, Russian: Александр Буйкевич; born 19 November 1984) is a Belarusian sabre fencer,[1] European champion in 2008 and team silver medallist at the 2011 World Championships in Catania. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals in the individual sabre, losing to Romania's Mihai Covaliu, while the Belarussian sabre team also reached the quarter-finals.[2][3][4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's sabre, but was defeated in the table of 16 by Romania's Rareș Dumitrescu.[5] The Belarussian team again reached the quarterfinals.[6]

References

  1. London2012.com
  2. "sabre individual men results - Fencing - Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  3. "sabre team men results - Fencing - Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  4. "Aleksandr Buykevich Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  5. "Aliaksandr Buikevich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  6. "sabre team men results - Fencing - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-09-11.

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