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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Shirshov is the 212th most popular fencer (down from 206th in 2019), the 3,160th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,214th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 212 out of 349Before 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 973Before him are Saša Drakulić, Nicolas Gill, Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Milton Wynants, Joelle Carter, and Kenji Arima. After him are Muttiah Muralitharan, Takashi Nagata, Brigid Brannagh, Paolo Tagliavento, Yoshiyuki Sakamoto, and Maz Jobrani.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 3,160 out of 3,761Before him are Irina Korzhanenko (1974), Fedor Černych (1991), Rakhim Chakhkiev (1983), Irek Zinnurov (1969), Vladimir Tatarchuk (1966), and Anna Chipovskaya (1987). After him are Igor Yanovsky (1974), Dimitri Peters (1984), Vladimir Gusev (1982), Vadim Khamuttskikh (1969), Irina Slavina (1973), and Svetlana Abrosimova (1980).

Among FENCERS In Russia

Among fencers born in Russia, Aleksandr Shirshov ranks 18Before him are Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja (1945), Pavel Kolobkov (1969), Svetlana Boyko (1972), Stanislav Pozdnyakov (1973), Sergey Sharikov (1974), and Aleksey Frosin (1978). After him are Aida Shanayeva (1986), Anna Sivkova (1982), Aleksey Yakimenko (1983), Igor Tikhomirov (1963), Renal Ganeyev (1985), and Yuliya Gavrilova (1989).