Grigory Anatolyevich Kiriyenko

Grigori Kiriyenko medal table
fencing
Soviet Union United Team Russia
Olympic games
gold	Barcelona 1992	Saber crew
gold	Atlanta 1996	Saber crew
World championships
gold	Denver 1989	saber
gold	Denver 1989	Saber crew
gold	Lyon 1990	Saber crew
gold	Budapest 1991	saber
silver	Budapest 1991	Saber crew
gold	Essen 1993	saber
bronze	Athens 1994	saber
gold	Athens 1994	Saber crew
gold	The Hague 1995	saber
silver	The Hague 1995	Saber crew
silver	Cape Town 1997	Saber crew

Grigori Anatoljewitsch Kirijenko ( Russian Григорий Анатольевич Кириенко ; born September 29, 1965 in Novosibirsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian saber fencer . He is a two-time Olympic champion and a multiple world champion.

successes

Grigory Kiriyenko won numerous medals and titles at world championships . He was world champion four times: 1989 in Denver , 1991 in Budapest , 1993 in Essen and 1995 in The Hague . In 1994 in Athens he also won bronze in the individual. With the Soviet and Russian teams he secured the title in 1989, 1990 in Lyon and 1994. He was also runner-up in Cape Town in 1991, 1995 and 1997 . He took in 1992 at the Olympics in Barcelona for the Unified Team at the Olympics , where he finished in tenth place in singles. In the team competition he reached the battle for gold together with Wadym Hutzajt , Heorhij Pohossow , Stanislaw Posdnjakow and Alexander Schirschow after victories over Poland and Romania , in which Hungary was defeated 9: 3. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he placed tenth in the individual. With the Russian team, to which Stanislaw Posdnjakow and Sergei Scharikow belonged in addition to Kirijenko , he achieved the second Olympic victory after Hungary was defeated again in the final with 45:25 this time after successes over Spain and Italy .

Kiriyenko fought for CSKA Moscow .

Web links

• Grigori Kirijenko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )