Dmitry Zherebchenko

Dmitry Anatolyevich Zherebchenko (Russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Жеребченко; born 27 June 1989) is a Russian foil fencer, gold medallist in the 2017 World Championships. Zherebchenko was a substitute for Russia's foil team who took gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but as he did not fence in the competition he did not receive a medal.[1]

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Anatolyevich and the family name is Zherebchenko.

Dmitry Zherebchenko
Full name	Dmitry Anatolyevich Zherebchenko
Born	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 Kurchatov, USSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	Left-handed
Club	CSKA
Head coach	Lidia Safiullina (first coach) Ildar Mavlyutov, Ilgar Mamedov
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's fencing Representing  Russia World Championships 2017 Leipzig Individual foil 2018 Wuxi Team foil 2019 Budapest Individual foil European Games 2015 Baku Team foil European Championships 2018 Novi Sad Team foil 2017 Tbilisi Team foil Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrad Team foil Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Team foil

References

1. "Russian foil fencers score stunning victory at Rio Olympics - coach". TASS. 13 August 2016.

External links

• Dmitry Zherebchenko at the International Fencing Federation
• Dmitry Zherebchenko at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
• Dmitry Zherebchenko at the Russian Fencing Federation (in Russian) (in English) (archive)