Sergei Charikov

Sergei Charikov, also known as Serguei Charikov, (born June 18, 1974, in Moscow, Russia) is a left-handed Russian sabre fencer.

Fencing career

One of the best sabre fencers in the world, Charikov began fencing at the age of 12. [http://olympics.russiansabroad.com/team_member.aspx?pageId=179]

World Championships & World Cup

In 1994, he won the individual gold medal at the World Junior Championships. [http://www.jewishsports.net/biopages/SergeiSharikov.htm]

In 1995, he earned a team silver medal at the World Championships, and an individual silver at the World Cup.

He placed 3rd in the individual sabre events at the 1998 and 2000 World Championships, and 3rd in the team sabre event at the World Championships in 1999. His team won the gold in 2001-03. [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.sportquick.com/target.asp%3Fshot%3DEscrime%26keycategory%3D4%26keycategory2%3D6&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=61&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCharikov%2527%2Bsabre%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26sa%3DG]

European Championship

He won the European Championship in 2000, and came in second in 2002. His team won the gold medal in 2001-02 and 2004. [http://www.eurofencing.info/EfcEng/Results/European%20Seniors%202000%20Madeira.htm]

World University Games

In 1997 and 1999, he won bronze medals at the World University Games in sabre. [http://sports123.com/fen/mun-sa.html]

In 2001, while ranked second in the world in sabre, he won the 21st World University Games sabre championship and helped the Russian team win the team gold medal. [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200108/30/eng20010830_78913.html]

Olympics

He competed in three Olympiads for Russia, winning 4 medals.

At the 1996 Atlanta Games, he competed in both the individual and team events. In the team sabre competition, Charikov and the Russians defeated Hungary in the final (45-25) to win the gold medal. In the individual competition, Charikov easily advanced to the final before losing; he was awarded the silver medal.

Charikov returned to the Olympics at the 2000 Sydney Games and helped lead the Russian team to its second consecutive gold medal in the team sabre event; they easily defeated France in the final, 45-32. In the individual sabre, Sergei entered the Olympics as the No. 3 seed (he was also ranked No. 3 in the world), but was eliminated in the 3rd round of the competition, 15-14. [http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/results/fencing.html]

Charikov was seeded 4th in the individual sabre event in the 2004 Athens Games. The Russian lost a close match, 13-15 in the quarterfinal, to Italian Aldo Montano, who went on to win the gold. In the team event, Russia lost its semifinal encounter with Italy 42-45, but Russia won the bronze medal match. [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/rus/Serguei+Charikov/386451]

Maccabiah Games

Charikov, who is Jewish, was a participant for the Russian team at the 2001 Maccabiah Games. He won the gold medal in the individual sabre over fellow Olympian, Vadim Gutzeit of the Ukraine.

He also competed in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, this time winning the silver medal as Vadim Gutzeit beat him for the gold medal. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:PgXdPPHMzs8J:www.israelhighway.org/archive-2005/14jul05.html+Sergey+Sharikov+medal&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=33] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.escrime-info.com/modules/newbb/print.php%3Fform%3D2%26forum%3D26%26topic_id%3D5719%26post_id%3D131776&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=14&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DVadym%2BGuttsayt%2B%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US]

Coaching career

Sharikov coached the 2001 Russian Maccabiah Games fencing team.

Hall of Fame

Charikov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and 2005. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E3DF1338F93AA15752C1A9649C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fR%2fReligion%20and%20Belief] [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:NjNsAnsAF1EJ:www.wingate.org.il/_Uploads/48win.pdf+sharikov+fencing&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=27&gl=us]

Miscellaneous

* Charikov lives in Moscow, Russia.

* Charikov is a member of Maccabi Moscow.

Link

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHARISER01 Olympic record]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.sportquick.com/target.asp%3Fshot%3DEscrime%26keycategory%3D4%26keycategory2%3D6&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=61&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCharikov%2527%2Bsabre%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26sa%3DG Competition results]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Charikov.html Jewish Virtual Library bio]
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=519 Jews in Sports bio]
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/biopages/SergeiSharikov.htm Jewish Sports bio]
* [http://www.jewishsportsreview.com/2000_Olympics.htm Jewish Sports Review article]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=8/18/2004&stay=1&SubSectionID=48&ID=2369 Baltimore Jewish Times 2004 article]
* [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:G-IkGCKSigsJ:www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/070901JTA.shtml+sharikov+fencing&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=17&gl=us "The 2001 Jewish Olympics"]
* [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/photo/2004/08/21/2003146796 2004 photo]
* [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/08/20/fencing10_gallery__550x324,0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2004/08/20/1092972729387.html&h=324&w=550&sz=12&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=GuOuqgzyYsbZfM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcharikov%2Bfencing%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26sa%3DG photo 2]