Yuri Dmitrievich Sharov

Yuri Sharov medal table
fencing
Soviet Union
Olympic games
gold	Tokyo 1964	Foil team
silver	Mexico City 1968	Foil team
World championships
gold	Gdansk 1963	Foil team
gold	Paris 1965	Foil team
gold	Moscow 1966	Foil team
silver	Montreal 1967	Foil team
gold	Havana 1969	Foil team

Yuri Dmitrijewitsch Scharow ( Russian Юрий Дмитриевич Шаров ; born April 22, 1939 in Saratow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Soviet foil fencer .

successes

Juri Scharow was world champion in the team competition in 1963 in Gdansk , 1965 in Paris , 1966 in Moscow and 1969 in Havana and also won silver in 1967 in Montreal . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo , he and the Soviet team reached the final unbeaten, in which Poland was defeated 9: 7. Together with Mark Midler , Wiktor Schdanowitsch , Juri Sissikin and German Sweschnikow , he became Olympic champion . Four years later he again reached the undefeated battle for the gold medal with the team, in which France prevailed against the Soviet team 9: 6. In addition to Viktor Putyatin , German Sweschnikow, Juri Sissikin and Wassyl Stankowytsch , Sharov received the silver medal.

Web links

• Yuri Scharow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )