Aleksey Yakimenko

Aleksey Yakimenko
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Andreyevich Yakimenko
Nickname(s)Liosha (Russian: Лёша)
Born (1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 (age 41)
Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
ResidenceMoscow
NationalityRussian
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
National coachChristian Bauer
ClubDynamo-MGFSO Olympus Moscow
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Russia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 8 1 3
European Championships 11 5 4
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team sabre
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lisbon Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2003 Havana Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2005 Leipzig Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2010 Paris Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2011 Catania Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Leipzig Individual sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Individual sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bourges Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2004 Copenhagen Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2006 İzmir Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ghent Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2008 Kyiv Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sheffield Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2012 Legnano Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2012 Legnano Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 2016 Toruń Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tbilisi Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2003 Bourges Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ghent Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kyiv Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zagreb Individual sabre
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Copenhagen Individual sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2006 İzmir Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sheffield Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Toruń Individual sabre

Aleksey Andreyevich Yakimenko (Russian: Алексей Андреевич Якименко; born 31 October 1983) is a Russian sabre fencer, eight-time team world champion (2002, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016), eleven-time European champion (team and individual), and team bronze medallist in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the Fencing World Cup series three times (2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11), with fifteen titles to his name, and earned five gold medals in the Universiade.


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