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Burtsev began his fencing career in 1965; he originally fenced for [[Burevestnik (sports society)|Burevstnik]], and later for [[CSKA Moscow]].<ref name="Fencing Encyclopedia" /> Burtsev was a graduate of the [[Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism]]. He was named a [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sport of the USSR]] (''Заслуженный мастер спорта'') in 1980.<ref name="Fencing Encyclopedia">ФЕХТОВАНИЕ: Энциклопедия / Авторы-составители М. С. Ракита, В. Л. Штейнбах. — М.: Человек, 2011. — {{ISBN|978-5-904885-46-5}} . — С. 43-44. (in Russian)</ref>
Burtsev began his fencing career in 1965; he originally fenced for [[Burevestnik (sports society)|Burevstnik]], and later for [[CSKA Moscow]].<ref name="Fencing Encyclopedia" /> Burtsev was a graduate of the [[Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism]]. He was named a [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sport of the USSR]] (''Заслуженный мастер спорта'') in 1980.<ref name="Fencing Encyclopedia">ФЕХТОВАНИЕ: Энциклопедия / Авторы-составители М. С. Ракита, В. Л. Штейнбах. — М.: Человек, 2011. — {{ISBN|978-5-904885-46-5}} . — С. 43-44. (in Russian)</ref>


Burtsev was one of the youngest Olympic fencing champions, being only 20 years old when he won his first gold medal in Canada in 1976.<ref name=USA/> Burtsev was unable to compete at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] because of the [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|Soviet boycott]] of those games, but went on to win the silver medal in men's team sabre in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/mikhail-burtsev-1.html |title=Mikhail Burtsev Olympic Results |accessdate=12 April 2011 |work=[[Sports Reference]]}}</ref> At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], he coached the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]] fielded by the former Soviet Union,<ref name=USA>{{cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/10/16/olympic-fencing-champion-mikhail-burtsev-dies-at-59/74043532/ | title=Olympic fencing champion Mikhail Burtsev dies at 59 | publisher=[[USA Today]] | date=16 October 2015 | accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> which took the gold medal at men's team sabre.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/FEN/ | title=Fencing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games | publisher=[[Sports Reference]]| accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>
Burtsev was one of the youngest Olympic fencing champions, being only 20 years old when he won his first gold medal in Canada in 1976.<ref name=USA/> Burtsev was unable to compete at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] because of the [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|Soviet boycott]] of those games, but went on to win the silver medal in men's team sabre in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/mikhail-burtsev-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/mikhail-burtsev-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Mikhail Burtsev Olympic Results |accessdate=12 April 2011 |work=[[Sports Reference]]}}</ref> At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], he coached the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]] fielded by the former Soviet Union,<ref name=USA>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/10/16/olympic-fencing-champion-mikhail-burtsev-dies-at-59/74043532/ | title=Olympic fencing champion Mikhail Burtsev dies at 59 | publisher=[[USA Today]] | date=16 October 2015 | accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> which took the gold medal at men's team sabre.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/FEN/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/FEN/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 April 2020 | title=Fencing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games | publisher=[[Sports Reference]]| accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==

===Individual===
===Individual===
*Silver medal at the World Championships (1978)
*Silver medal at the World Championships (1978)
*Bronze medal at the World Championships (1979)
*Bronze medal at the World Championships (1979)
*Silver medal at the Olympic Games (1980)
*Silver medal at the Olympic Games (1980)
*Gold medal at the [[Friendship Games]] (1984)<ref name=rus>{{cite web | url=http://www.rusfencing.ru/cntnt/o_fehtovan/kto_est_kt/b1/burcev_mih1.html | title=Бурцев Михаил Иванович | publisher=[[Russian Fencing Federation]] | accessdate=17 October 2015|language=Russian}}</ref>
*Gold medal at the [[Friendship Games]] (1984)<ref name=rus>{{cite web | url=http://www.rusfencing.ru/cntnt/o_fehtovan/kto_est_kt/b1/burcev_mih1.html | title=Бурцев Михаил Иванович | publisher=[[Russian Fencing Federation]] | accessdate=17 October 2015 | language=Russian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629161622/http://rusfencing.ru/cntnt/o_fehtovan/kto_est_kt/b1/burcev_mih1.html | archive-date=29 June 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1980)
*Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1980)


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Latest revision as of 23:42, 24 April 2024

Mikhail Burtsev
Personal information
Born(1956-06-21)21 June 1956
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died16 October 2015(2015-10-16) (aged 59)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montréal Sabre, team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Sabre, team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Sabre, individual
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Sabre, team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Buenos Aires Sabre, team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Melbourne Sabre, team
Gold medal – first place 1983 Vienna Sabre, team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Barcelona Sabre, team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Sofia Sabre, team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Lausanne Sabre, team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Hamburg Sabre, team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Hamburg Sabre, individual
Silver medal – second place 1981 Clermont-Ferrand Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Melbourne Sabre, individual
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Rome Sabre, team

Mikhail Ivanovich Burtsev (‹See Tfd›Russian: Михаил Иванович Бурцев; 21 June 1956 – 16 October 2015)[1] was a Soviet sabre fencer. He won two gold medals and two silvers at three different Olympic Games.

Career

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Burtsev began his fencing career in 1965; he originally fenced for Burevstnik, and later for CSKA Moscow.[2] Burtsev was a graduate of the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism. He was named a Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (Заслуженный мастер спорта) in 1980.[2]

Burtsev was one of the youngest Olympic fencing champions, being only 20 years old when he won his first gold medal in Canada in 1976.[3] Burtsev was unable to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics because of the Soviet boycott of those games, but went on to win the silver medal in men's team sabre in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[4] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he coached the Unified Team fielded by the former Soviet Union,[3] which took the gold medal at men's team sabre.[5]

Honours

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Individual

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  • Silver medal at the World Championships (1978)
  • Bronze medal at the World Championships (1979)
  • Silver medal at the Olympic Games (1980)
  • Gold medal at the Friendship Games (1984)[6]
  • Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1980)

Team

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  • Six-time world champion (1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987)[6]
  • Silver medal at the World Championships (1978, 1981)
  • Bronze medal at the World Championships (1982)
  • Gold medal at the Olympic Games (1976, 1980)
  • Silver medal at the Olympic Games (1988)
  • Gold medal at the Friendship Games (1984)[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Скончался двукратный олимпийский чемпион по фехтованию Михаил Бурцев" (in Russian). Russian News Agency TASS. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b ФЕХТОВАНИЕ: Энциклопедия / Авторы-составители М. С. Ракита, В. Л. Штейнбах. — М.: Человек, 2011. — ISBN 978-5-904885-46-5 . — С. 43-44. (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b "Olympic fencing champion Mikhail Burtsev dies at 59". USA Today. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Mikhail Burtsev Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Fencing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Бурцев Михаил Иванович" (in Russian). Russian Fencing Federation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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