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Aleksandr Shirshov

1972 - Today

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Aleksandr Shirshov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Ширшов; born 25 August 1972) is a Russian former sabre fencer. He was born in Moscow, and was a member of CSKA Moscow. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the Unified Team, and came in 13th in the individual sabre. He is now a fencing coach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Aleksandr Shirshov is the 231st most popular fencer (down from 210th in 2024), the 3,266th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,212th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Russian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 231 out of 349. Before him are Gu Bon-gil, Mihai Covaliu, Damien Touya, Boris Sanson, Yana Shemyakina, and Érik Boisse. After him are Tamás Decsi, Matteo Tagliariol, Imke Duplitzer, Zhong Man, Ihor Reizlin, and Choi In-jeong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 1,115. Before him are Alejandro Montecchia, Joelle Carter, Kenji Arima, Henrique Guimarães, Mike Doyle, and Megan Marcks. After him are Muttiah Muralitharan, Takashi Nagata, Brigid Brannagh, Manfred Stohl, Paolo Tagliavento, and Alexandra Tydings.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 3,266 out of 3,761. Before him are Olga Bogoslovskaya (1964), Rakhim Chakhkiev (1983), Irek Zinnurov (1969), Vladimir Tatarchuk (1966), Pavlo Khnykin (1969), and Anna Chipovskaya (1987). After him are Igor Yanovsky (1974), Olga Kuznetsova (1968), Dimitri Peters (1984), Alexander Goldin (1964), Vladimir Gusev (1982), and Vadim Khamuttskikh (1969).

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Among FENCERS In Russia

Among fencers born in Russia, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 21. Before him are Svetlana Boyko (1972), Andrey Shuvalov (1965), Stanislav Pozdnyakov (1973), Dmitry Shevchenko (1967), Sergey Sharikov (1974), and Aleksey Frosin (1978). After him are Aida Shanayeva (1986), Anna Sivkova (1982), Vladislav Pavlovich (1971), Erika Kirpu (1992), Aleksey Yakimenko (1983), and Igor Tikhomirov (1963).

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