Mikhail Burtsev
- Birth Date:
- 21.06.1956
- Death date:
- 16.10.2015
- Length of life:
- 59
- Days since birth:
- 24780
- Years since birth:
- 67
- Days since death:
- 3115
- Years since death:
- 8
- Extra names:
- Michail Burzew, Michaił Burcew, Михаил Бурцев
- Categories:
- Coach, Sportsman
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Mikhail Burtsev (Russian: Михаил Иванович Бурцев; 21 June 1956 – 16 October 2015) was a Soviet fencer. He won two gold medals and two silvers at three different Olympic Games.
Career
Burtsev began his fencing career in 1965; he originally fenced for Burevstnik, and later for CSKA Moscow. Burtsev was a graduate of the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism. He was named a Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (Заслуженный мастер спорта) in 1980.
Burtsev was unable to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics because of the Soviet boycott of those games, but went on to win the silver medal in men's team sabre in the 1988 Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he coached the Unified Team fielded by the former Soviet Union.
Championships
- Two gold medals at the Olympic Games (1976, 1980)
- Two silver medals at the Olympic Games (1980, 1988)
- six-time world champion (1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 in the team competition)
- Champion of the USSR (1986)
Source: wikipedia.org
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