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SUKHOV Pavel

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Age35
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Personal Information

Family Wife Victoria, daughter Nika

Residence Samara, RUS

Occupation Armed Forces Athlete

Languages English, Russian

Higher education Physical Education, Sport Studies - Samara State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities: Russia

License number 07051988001

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup21-3
Heidenheim (GERMANY), 2010-03-26Paris (FRANCE), 2016-05-20
Paris (FRANCE), 2014-05-02
World Championship--11
Budapest (HUNGARY), 2013-08-06
Zone Championships1-23
Legnano (ITALY), 2012-06-15Leipzig (GERMANY), 2010-07-16
Montreux (SWITZERLAND), 2015-06-07

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age nine in Samara, Russian Federation.

Why this sport? He initially played tennis but his coach moved abroad. His mother, who knew a sports school director, then encouraged him to switch to fencing.

Club / Team Central Sports Army Club [RUS] / Samara Regional Sports School of Olympic Reserve No.5 [RUS]:

Name of coach Viktor Vdovin [personal], RUS, from 2004; Mikhail Ievlev [personal], RUS

Handedness Right

International Debut

Year 2008

Competing for Russia

Tournament World Cup

Location Doha, QAT

General Interest

Hobbies Alpine skiing. (Athlete, 08 Jun 2019)

Awards and honours In recognition of his achievements at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he received the Order For Merits to the Fatherland [first class] from the president of the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 11 Aug 2021)

In 2015 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 03 Jun 2015)

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