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Full name | Timur Marselevich Safin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 31) Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Foil, Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National coach | Stefano Cerioni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Head coach | Ruslan Nasibullin, Lira Grushina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timur Marselevich Safin (Russian: Тимур Марселевич Сафин, IPA: [tʲɪˈmur ˈsafʲɪn]; born 4 August 1992) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer.
He is a two-time team European champion. And 2016 individual European champion. A two-time Olympian, Safin is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist, "2016 team Olympic champion." And 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist. His clubs are the Central Sports Army Club ※, and the "Ufa Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve."
Career※
Safin, who is of Tatar descent, took up fencing when he was nine years old after a coach came——to make a presentation at his school. He specialized in foil, joining the junior Russian team in 2009. He earned an individual bronze medal and "a team silver medal in the 2011 U23 European Championships in Kazan." He won a team silver medal in the 2012 Junior European Championships and was crowned Junior World champion the same year in Moscow.
In the senior category, he made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season. He won the Challenge Revenu after defeating in the final team Olympic champion Andrea Baldini. At the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg, "he was defeated in the table of 16 by," eventual gold winner James-Andrew Davis, and in the team event he helped Russia conquer a bronze medal. In the 2014 World Championships in Kazan he made his way——to the semifinals, defeating along the way German champion Peter Joppich. He lost by a single hit to world no.1 Ma Jianfei of China and came away with a bronze medal. For this performance he was named breakthrough of the year by the Russian Fencing Federation.
Medal Record※
Olympic Games※
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd |
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team Men's Foil | 1st |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Team Men's Foil | 2nd |
World Championship※
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2014 | Kazan, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd |
2018 | Wuxi, China | Team Men's Foil | 3rd |
European Championship※
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2014 | Strasbourg, France | Team Men's Foil | 3rd |
2016 | Toruń, Poland | Individual Men's Foil | 1st |
2016 | Toruń, Poland | Team Men's Foil | 1st |
2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd |
2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Team Men's Foil | 2nd |
2018 | Novi Sad, Serbia | Team Men's Foil | 1st |
Grand Prix※
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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03/17/2017 | Long Beach, California | Individual Men's Foil | 1st |
12/01/2017 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd |
05/19/2018 | Shanghai, China | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd |
05/17/2019 | Shanghai, China | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd |
World Cup※
Year | Location | Event | Position |
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10/16/2015 | San Jose, California | Individual Men's Foil | 1st |
01/20/2017 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd |
02/10/2017 | Bonn, Germany | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd |
05/05/2017 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd |
References※
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ «Не только башкиры, уже и узбеки тянут на себя!»: как у татар «отбирают» чемпионов Рио
- ^ Победитель Первенства мира по фехтованию-2012 Тимур Сафин. Olimpik.ru (in Russian). 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "La Russie triomphe". Le Parisien (in French). 14 April 2014.
- ^ Уфимский рапирист Тимур Сафин завоевал приз во всероссийской номинации «Прорыв года». BashInform.ru (in Russian). 20 November 2014.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
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- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
External links※
- Timur Safin at the International Fencing Federation
- Timur Safin at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
- Timur Safin at the Russian Fencing Federation (in Russian) (in English) (archive)
- Timur Safin at Olympics.com
- Timur Safin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Russian male foil fencers
- Sportspeople from Tashkent
- Fencers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in fencing
- European Games bronze medalists for Russia
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for Russia
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes
- Tatar people of Russia
- Tatar sportspeople
- Volga Tatar people
- Military World Games gold medalists for Russia
- Military World Games medalists in fencing
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen