Dmitriy Alexanin

Dmitriy Aleksanin
Personal information
Born (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32)
Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
Weaponépée
Handleft-handed
National coachValery Dimov
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Men's Épée
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Individual épée
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team épée
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team épée
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Shanghai Team épée
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wakayama Team épée

Dmitriy Alexanin (Cyrillic: Дмитрий Алексанин) is a Kazakhstani épée fencer,[1] team gold medallist at the 2014 Asian Championships and team bronze medallist at the 2014 Asian Games. Alexanin later went on to win a gold medal (individual) at the 2018 Asian Games.[2]

Career

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Alexanin began fencing in 2002 at the instigation of his mother. His first coach was Igor Yarmolkevich. He was then placed under the responsibility of national épée coach Valery Dimov. He made his international debut in the 2010–11 season at the Legnano World Cup. A year later, he won the bronze at the Trophée Monal.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's épée, but was defeated in the first round by Silvio Fernández.[3] He won a team bronze medal with Kazakhstan at the 2013 Summer Universiade. He reached the quarter-finals in the individual event and won a team gold medal at the 2013 Asian Fencing Championships in Shanghai. At the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest he reached again the quarter-finals, where he was defeated by Estonia's Nikolai Novosjolov who eventually won the gold medal. Alexanin finished the 2013–14 season No.25, a career best.

His gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games was the first gold won by a Kazakh fencer.[2] That year, the Kazakh National Olympic Committee named him "Best Athlete of the Year in Summer Sports".[2]

Alexanin studied at the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism. His elder brother Sergey is also a fencer.

References

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  1. ^ "London2012.com". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Dmitriy Alexanin at FIE.org". www.fie.org. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Dmitriy Alexanin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.