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Timur Safin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Marselevich and the family name is Safin.

Timur Marselevich Safin (Russian: Тимур Марселевич Сафин, IPA: [tʲɪˈmur ˈsafʲɪn]; born 4 August 1992) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer.[1]

Timur Safin
Personal information
Full nameTimur Marselevich Safin
Born (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 32)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
ResidenceUfa, Bashkortostan, Russia
NationalityRussia Russian
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
WeaponFoil, Sabre
HandRight-handed
National coachStefano Cerioni
Club
  • Central Sports Army Club [RUS]
  • Ufa Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS]; SDYUSSHOR No.19
Head coachRuslan Nasibullin, Lira Grushina
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team foil
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual foil
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Team foil
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Novi Sad Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2016 Toruń Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 2016 Toruń Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Individual foil
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Team foil
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Team foil
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Team foil
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Team sabre

He is a two-time team European champion and 2016 individual European champion. A two-time Olympian, Safin is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 team Olympic champion, and 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist. His clubs are the Central Sports Army Club [RUS], and the Ufa Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve.

Career

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Safin, who is of Tatar descent,[2] took up fencing when he was nine years old after a coach came to make a presentation at his school.[3] He specialized in foil, joining the junior Russian team in 2009. He earned an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal in the 2011 U23 European Championships in Kazan. He won a team silver medal in the 2012 Junior European Championships and was crowned Junior World champion the same year in Moscow.[3]

In the senior category, he made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season. He won the Challenge Revenu after defeating in the final team Olympic champion Andrea Baldini.[4] At the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg, he was defeated in the table of 16 by eventual gold winner James-Andrew Davis, and in the team event he helped Russia conquer a bronze medal. In the 2014 World Championships in Kazan he made his way to the semifinals, defeating along the way German champion Peter Joppich. He lost by a single hit to world no.1 Ma Jianfei of China and came away with a bronze medal. For this performance he was named breakthrough of the year by the Russian Fencing Federation.[5]

 
Safin at the 2014 European Fencing Championships.

Medal Record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 3rd[6]
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 1st[7]
2021   Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 2nd[8]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2014   Kazan, Russia Individual Men's Foil 3rd[9]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 3rd[10]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2014   Strasbourg, France Team Men's Foil 3rd[11]
2016   Toruń, Poland Individual Men's Foil 1st[12]
2016   Toruń, Poland Team Men's Foil 1st[13]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[14]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Foil 2nd[15]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Foil 1st[16]

Grand Prix

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Year Location Event Position
03/17/2017   Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil 1st[17]
12/01/2017   Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[18]
05/19/2018   Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 2nd[19]
05/17/2019   Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 3rd[20]

World Cup

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Year Location Event Position
10/16/2015   San Jose, California Individual Men's Foil 1st[21]
01/20/2017   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[22]
02/10/2017   Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 3rd[23]
05/05/2017   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 3rd[24]

References

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  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ^ «Не только башкиры, уже и узбеки тянут на себя!»: как у татар «отбирают» чемпионов Рио
  3. ^ a b Победитель Первенства мира по фехтованию-2012 Тимур Сафин. Olimpik.ru (in Russian). 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ^ "La Russie triomphe". Le Parisien (in French). 14 April 2014.
  5. ^ Уфимский рапирист Тимур Сафин завоевал приз во всероссийской номинации «Прорыв года». BashInform.ru (in Russian). 20 November 2014.
  6. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  9. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  10. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  11. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  12. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  14. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  15. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  16. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  17. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  18. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  19. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  20. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  21. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  22. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  23. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  24. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
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