Valentin Chernikov
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 Soviet Union
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 Olympic games
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| bronze | Rome 1960 | Epee team |
 World championships
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| silver | Budapest 1959 | Epee team |
| gold | Turin 1961 | Epee team |
| bronze | Buenos Aires 1962 | Epee team |
Valentin Tschernikow ( Armenian Վալենտին Չեռնիկով ; born April 1, 1937 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR ; † January 5, 2002 in Nizhny Novgorod , Russia ) was an Armenian sword fencer who competed for the Soviet Union.
successes
Valentin Chernikov's greatest success was winning the 1961 World Cup in Turin with the team. With her he also finished second in Budapest in 1959 and third in Buenos Aires in 1962 . Chernikov twice took part in the Olympic Games : in 1956 in Melbourne , he finished fifth in the team competition. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , he won the bronze medal with the team after a final 9: 5 win over Hungary .
Web links
- Valentin Tschernikow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chernikov, Valentin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Վալենտին Չեռնիկով (Armenian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet sword fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yerevan , Armenian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 2002 |
| Place of death | Nizhny Novgorod , Russia |