Eduard Teodorowitsch Vinokurow

Gravestone Eduard Vinokurow

Eduard Teodorowitsch Vinokurow ( Russian Эдуард Теодорович Винокуров ; born October 30, 1942 in Baischansai , Kazakh SSR , † February 10, 2010 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Soviet saber - fencer . He won two gold medals and one silver medal in three Olympic competitions. From 1967 to 1975 he achieved six world championship titles.

Career

Vinokurow was at the fencing world championships in 1966 for the first time in the Soviet team and won the silver medal behind the Hungarians. The following year he won his first world title with the Soviet team together with Mark Rakita , Vladimir Naslymow , Umar Mawlichanow and Boris Melnikow . In the following year Vinokurow first took part in the Olympic Games and won the gold medal with the team in Mexico City, with him belonged Rakita, Naslymow, Mawlichanow and Viktor Sidjak to the team. In the same line-up, the Soviet team also won the title at the 1969 World Cup . In 1970 and 1971 Naslymow, Rakita, Sidjak and Vinokurow were able to defend the title together with Sergei Prihogyko .

The Soviet team had won every major title since 1967, and it was not until the finals of the 1972 Olympic Games that the team lost to the Italians, who had won silver in 1964 and 1968. The Soviet team also won the silver medal at the 1973 World Cup , this time losing to the Hungarians. In 1973 the team included Viktor Krowopuskow, a fencer who developed into an outstanding saber fencer in the years to come. Krowopuskow, Naslymow, Sidjak and Vinokurow won the team title at the 1974 and 1975 World Championships . At the end of his career Vinokurow won in Montreal in 1976 together with Mikhail Burzew , Krowopuskow, Naslymow and Sidjak again at the Olympic Games, once again the Italians were the opponents in the final; As in 1968, Vinokurow won two battles against the Italians.

In 2007 Eduard Vinokurow was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .

Web links

• Eduard Vinokurov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• World championships in saber fencing
• Eduard Vinokurov in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame