Artur Akhmatkhuzin

Artur Akhmatkhuzin
Akhmatkhuzin at the 2015 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Artur Kamilevich Akhmatkhuzin
Born	28 May 1988 Novyy Aktanyshbash, Krasnokamsky District, Bashkortostan
Residence	Ufa, Bashkortostan
Weapon(s)	Foil
Hand	right-handed
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
National coach(es)	Stefano Cerioni
Club	Dynamo Ufa
Head coach(es)	Ilgar Mammadov
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's fencing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 2013 Budapest Individual 2015 Moscow Team 2015 Moscow Individual European Championships 2016 Toruń Team 2015 Montreux Team

Artur Kamilevich Akhmatkhuzin (Russian: Артур Камилевич Ахматхузин; born 28 May 1988) is a Russian foil fencer, silver medallist in the 2013 World Fencing Championships.

Career

Akhmatkhuzin made his debut in international competition at the 2005 Cadet World Championships in Linz, where he earned a bronze medal. That same year, he joined the cadet and junior national team, with which he won a team gold medal in the 2005 Junior European Championships at Tapolca, a team silver medal in the 2007 Junior European Championship in Prague, and a team bronze medal in the 2007 World European Championships in Belek.

In the seniors, Akhmatkhuzin placed second in the 2012 Venise Grand Prix, his first podium in the Fencing World Cup. He took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was defeated in the table of 16 by China's Ma Jianfei.^[1] In 2013 he won the A Coruña World Cup and earned a bronze medal in the Prince Takamado World Cup. Ranked 6th before the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, he defeated Olympic silver medallist Alaaeldin Abouelkassem in the table of 16, then Olympic champion Lei Sheng and Ukraine's Rostyslav Hertsyk to reach the final against Miles Chamley-Watson of the United States. Distanced early in the bout, he was defeated 6–15 and ended up with a silver medal.^[2] He finished the season No.3 in world rankings. A few weeks later, Akhmatkhuzin took part in the 2013 World Combat Games. He was defeated by Great Britain's Richard Kruse in the semi-finals and met Chamley-Watson for the third place. This time he defeated the American 15–12 to take the bronze medal.

In the 2013–14 season, Akhmatkhuzin reached the quarter-finals in the Paris World Cup. He was defeated by Enzo Lefort, who eventually won the gold medal. An injury sustained during the competition prevented him from taking part to the team event. He later underwent surgery and was rested for the entire season.^[3]

Akhmatkhuzin came back to international competition in early 2015 at the Paris World Cup.^[4] He made it out of the qualification stage, but was defeated in the first round by Italy's Daniele Garozzo, who eventually won the silver medal. At the next World Cup competition, the Löwe von Bonn, he was stopped in the table of 16 by Japan's Yuki Ota.

Akhmatkhuzin studies at the Bashkir Academy of Public service and administration under the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

References

1. "Artur Akhmatkhuzin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
2. International Fencing Federation (ed.). "WCH 2013: Gold for USA and UKR in men's foil and women's sabre".
3. Veronika Gibadieva (15 June 2014). Ахматхузин и Сивкова не выступят на домашнем чемпионате мира по фехтованию (in Russian). R Sport.
4. "Fioretto, la Russia riabbraccia Akhmatkhuzin". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian).

External links

• Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
• Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation