Heorhij Pohossow

Heorhij Pohossow medal table
fencing
Soviet Union United Team
Olympic games
silver	Seoul 1988	Saber crew
gold	Barcelona 1992	Saber crew
World championships
gold	Vienna 1983	Saber crew
gold	Barcelona 1985	Saber crew
gold	Sofia 1986	Saber crew
gold	Lausanne 1987	Saber crew
silver	Lyon 1990	saber
gold	Lyon 1990	Saber crew

Heorhij Wadymowytsch Pohossow ( Ukrainian Георгій Вадимович Погосов ; born July 14, 1960 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Soviet saber fencer .

successes

Heorhij Pohossow was world champion five times with the team : 1983 in Vienna , 1985 in Barcelona , 1986 in Sofia , 1987 in Lausanne and 1990 in Lyon . In 1990 he was also vice world champion in singles. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , he finished sixth in the individual competition after reaching the final round. With the team, Pohossow reached the final unbeaten, in which the Soviet team separated against Hungary with 8: 8, but ultimately lost due to the slightly worse hit rate of 64:67. Together with Andrei Alschan , Michail Burzew , Sergei Korjaschkin and Serhij Mindirhassow , he received the silver medal. Four years later , Pohossow took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona for the United Team , where he finished 20th in the individual. In the team competition he reached the battle for gold together with Wadym Hutzajt , Grigori Kirijenko , Stanislaw Posdnjakow and Alexander Schirschow after victories over Poland and Romania , in which Hungary was defeated 9: 3 and Pohossow became Olympic champion .

Web links

• Heorhij Pohossow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )