Nikolay Kovalev (fencer)

Nikolay Kovalev
Nikolay Kovalev stands on podium after winning gold at 2014 Kazan World Championships.
Personal information
Full nameNikolay Anatolyevich Kovalev
Nickname(s)
Kolya, Nick, and Coach K
NationalityRussian
Born (1986-10-26) 26 October 1986
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
HandRight-handed
National coachChristian Bauer
ClubSKA Saint-Petersburg
Head coachVladimir Dyachenko
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Individual sabre
World Championships
2011 Catania Team sabre
2013 Budapest Team sabre
2014 Kazan Individual sabre
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre
2013 Budapest Individual sabre
2015 Moscow Team sabre
2006 Turin Team sabre
European Championships
2007 Ghent Team sabre
2012 Legnano Team sabre
2016 Toruń Team sabre
2006 İzmir Team sabre
2013 Zagreb Individual sabre

Nikolay Anatolyevich Kovalev (Russian: Николай Анатольевич Ковалёв; born 28 October 1986) is a Russian former sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and a gold medal in the 2014 World Championships in Kazan. He is three-times World team champion (2010, 2011 and 2013) and twice European team champion (2007 and 2012). He is now a coach in California in the United States.