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}} Viktor Alexandrovich Sidyak (; born November 21 , 1943 ) is an extremely successful left-handed Sabreur from the Soviet era, pupil of Mark Rakita and David Tyshler . As a Fencer , Sidyak was famous for his aggressive style. He was one of the best known exponents of the " Russian Preparation " or the "one-and-a-half tempo attack". BIOGRAPHY Sidyak was born in the town of Anzhero-Sudzhensk in Kemerovo Oblast but spent most of his childhood in Donetsk . He started Fencing at age fifteen. Sidyak trained at Armed Forces Sports Society . In the 1960s, training in Lvov , he represented Ukraine on the internal Soviet circuit. In 1970, he moved to Minsk and joined the then mighty Belarus ian fencing lobby (whose other luminaries include Elena Belova , Alexandr Romankov , and Nikolai Alekhine ). OLYMPIC GAMES At the 1972 Olympics , Sidyak became the first Soviet sabreur to win individual Gold. At the same Olympics, he famously fenced in the team final with his right eye bandaged over after having a fragment of the Italian Michele Maffei 's blade removed from his eye the previous day. Besides Sidyak, the team consisted of Vladimir Nazlymov , Eduard Vinokurov, and Viktor Bazhenov. The Soviet and Italian teams met again in the finals, Italy taking Gold, and USSR Silver. In 1994,, Maffei 's 1972 team-mate Mario Aldo Montano invited Sidyak to coach the young fencers, including his own son, at his club in Livorno . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS Apart from the Olympics, Sidyak's victories include:
TODAY At present, Sidyak is the chairman of the Professional Boxing Association of Belarus . SEE ALSO |
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