Sergei Golubitsky
Ukrainian fencer (born 1969)
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Sergei Golubitsky (Ukrainian: Сергій Віталійович Голубицький, romanized: Serhiy Vitaliyovych Holubyts’kyy, Russian: Серге́й Вита́льевич Голуби́цкий, tr. Sergéy Vitál’evich Golubítskiy; born 20 December 1969) is a Ukrainian fencer. He is a 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games silver medalist and four-time World Champion in men's foil, including an unprecedented three consecutive titles from 1997 to 1999. He held the world No. 1 ranking for ten consecutive years. Golubitsky currently resides in the United States, and has run the Golubitsky Fencing Center in Tustin, California since 2012[2]. He also collaborated with the Leon Paul company to design a signature fencing blade.[3] He wrote his autobiography, Fencing Is My Life, in 2004.[4] The book was translated into French and published in France in 2013 under the title L'escrime dans la peau.
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Rachel Golubitsky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career highlights
- 2000 Olympics: 5th Place (Australia)[5]
- 1999 World Champion (Korea)
- World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- Super Masters: Gold Medal (Italy)
- 1998 World Champion (Switzerland)
- 1997 World Champion (South Africa)
- Universiade: Silver Medal (Italy)
- European Championships: Silver Medal (Poland)
- Awarded with Order of the President of Ukraine
- 1996 Olympics: 6th Place (USA)[5]
- 1995 World Championships: Bronze Medal (Netherlands)
- European Champion (Hungary)
- 1994 World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- 1993 Universiade: Gold Medal (USA)
- World Championships: Silver Medal (Germany)
- World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- 1992 Olympics: Silver Medal (Spain)[5]
- World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- 1991 Cup of Ukraine: Gold Medal
- Cup of the USSR: Gold Medal
- 1990 World Championships: Bronze Medal by Team (France)
- European Cup: Gold Medal (France)
- 1989 World Champion by Team (USA)
- 1985 Cup of Ukraine: Gold Medal
