Sergei Golubitsky Explained
Sergei Golubitsky (Ukrainian: Сергій Віталійович Голубицький, Romanization of Ukrainian ; Russian: Серге́й Вита́льевич Голуби́цкий, tr. ; born 20 December 1969) is a Ukrainian fencer. He won three straight world championships in men's foil. He now lives in United States, where he runs the Golubitsky Fencing Center in Tustin, CA. He designed a fencing blade for the Leon Paul company.[2] He wrote his autobiography in 2004, Fencing Is My Life.[3] The book was translated into French and published in France in 2013 under the title L'escrime dans la peau.
Career highlights
- 2000 Olympics: 5th Place (Australia)[4]
- 1999 World Champion (Korea)
- World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- Super Masters: Gold Medal (Italy)
- 1998 World Champion (Switzerland)
- 1997 World Champion (South Africa)
- Universiade: Silver Medal (Italy)
- European Championships: Silver Medal (Poland)
- Awarded with Order of the President of Ukraine
- 1996 Olympics: 6th Place (USA)[4]
- 1995 World Championships: Bronze Medal (Netherlands)
- European Champion (Hungary)
- 1994 World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- 1993 Universiade: Gold Medal (USA)
- World Championships: Silver Medal (Germany)
- World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- 1992 Olympics: Silver Medal (Spain)[4]
- World Cup Champion (end of season points leader)
- 1991 Cup of Ukraine: Gold Medal
- Cup of the USSR: Gold Medal
- 1990 World Championships: Bronze Medal by Team (France)
- European Cup: Gold Medal (France)
- 1989 World Champion by Team (USA)
- 1985 Cup of Ukraine: Gold Medal
Notes and References
- Web site: Sergei Golubitsky . 2011-12-28 . databaseOlympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102050631/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GOLUBSER01 . 2 November 2012 .
- http://www.leonpaul.com/news/team_s/ser_gol.htm Leon Paul Company website
- Book: Golubitsky
, Sergei
. Fencing Is My Life . November 2004 . . 0-9659468-9-4.
- Serhiy Holubnytskiy . 28 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210094625/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/serhiy-holubnytskiy-1.html . 10 December 2010 . dead.