Nikolay Kovalev (fencer)
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, Orenburg
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n sabre fencer
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Kovalev won the bronze medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships
2006 World Fencing Championships
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 after beating Hungary in the bronze medal match. He accomplished this with his team mates Alexei Frossine
Alexei Frossine
Alexei Frossine is a Russian fencer who won a gold medal in the team sabre competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov, and Sergey Sharikov...

, Stanislav Pozdniakov
Stanislav Pozdniakov
Stanislav Alexeyevich Pozdniakov is a Russian fencer, who has won five Olympic medals in the sabre competitions. He also won the gold medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships and the 2007 World Fencing Championships in the individual sabre as well as a bronze medal in the team sabre in...

 and Alexey Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko is a Russian fencer, who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov and Sergey Sharikov. He represented Russia again at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not win a medal...

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He wins the gold in men's saber team to the 2010 World Championships
2010 World Fencing Championships
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, defeating Italy
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 by 45 to 41 with his team mates Alexey Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko is a Russian fencer, who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov and Sergey Sharikov. He represented Russia again at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not win a medal...

, Artem Zanin and Reshetnikov Veniamin. At the 2011 World Championships
2011 World Fencing Championships
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 he retain the title in men's saber team defeating Belarus
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in the final.
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