Aleksey Yakimenko
Yakimenko at the 2014 European Fencing Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksey Andreyevich Yakimenko |
Nickname | Liosha (Russian: Лёша) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 31 October 1983 |
| Home town | Moscow |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Fencing career | |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Weapon | Sabre |
| Hand | left-handed |
| National coach | Christian Bauer |
| Club | Dynamo-MGFSO Olympus Moscow |
| FIE ranking | current ranking |
Medal record | |
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.