Sergei Golubitsky (Ukrainian: Сергій Віталійович Голубицький, romanized: Serhiy Vitaliyovych Holubyts’kyy, Russian: Серге́й Вита́льевич Голуби́цкий, tr. Sergéy Vitál’evich Golubítskiy; born 20 December 1969) is a Ukrainian fencer. He won three straight world championships in men's foil. He now lives in the United States, where he runs the Golubitsky Fencing Center in Tustin, CA. He designed a fencing blade for the Leon Paul company.[2] He wrote his autobiography, Fencing Is My Life, in 2004.[3] The book was translated into French and published in France in 2013 under the title L'escrime dans la peau.
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1969 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Carolin Golubytskyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career highlights
edit- 2000 Olympics: 5th Place (Australia)[4]
- 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)[4]
- 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)[4]
- 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
References
edit- ^ "Sergei Golubitsky". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ Leon Paul Company website Archived 16 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Golubitsky, Sergei (November 2004). Fencing Is My Life. SKA Swordplay Books. ISBN 0-9659468-9-4.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Serhiy Holubnytskiy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
External links
edit- Sergei Golubitsky at the International Fencing Federation
- Sergei Golubitsky at the European Fencing Confederation
- Serguei Golubytsky at Olympics.com
- Sergey Golubitsky at Olympic.org (archived)
- Serhiy Holubytskyi at Olympedia (archive)
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