Timur Safin
Personal information
Full nameTimur Marselevich Safin
Born (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
NationalityRussia Russian
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportFencing
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 place2020 Tokyo Team foil
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam foil
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroIndividual foil
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 KazanIndividual foil
Bronze medal – third place2018 WuxiTeam foil
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Novi SadTeam foil
Gold medal – first place2016 ToruńIndividual foil
Gold medal – first place2016 ToruńTeam foil
Silver medal – second place2017 TbilisiIndividual foil
Silver medal – second place2017 TbilisiTeam foil
Bronze medal – third place2014 StrasbourgTeam foil
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 BakuTeam foil
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2019 WuhanIndividual foil
Gold medal – first place2019 WuhanTeam foil
Gold medal – first place2019 WuhanTeam sabre

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

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

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

Olympic Games

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

World Championship

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

European Championship

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

Grand Prix

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

World Cup

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

References

  1. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ↑ «Не только башкиры, уже и узбеки тянут на себя!»: как у татар «отбирают» чемпионов Рио
  3. 1 2 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". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  9. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  10. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  11. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  12. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  13. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  14. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  15. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  16. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  17. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  18. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  19. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  20. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  21. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  22. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  23. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  24. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
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