Sergei Golubitsky Explained

Sergei Golubitsky
Nationality:	Ukrainian
Residence:	USA
Birth Date:	20 December 1969
Birth Place:	Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Sport:	Fencing
Event:	Foil
Medaltemplates:	^[1]
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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

1. 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 .
2. http://www.leonpaul.com/news/team_s/ser_gol.htm Leon Paul Company website
3. Book: Golubitsky , Sergei . Fencing Is My Life . November 2004 . . 0-9659468-9-4.
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.