| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1948-09-29)29 September 1948 (age 77) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Viktor Alekseyevich Krovopuskov (Russian:Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Кровопу́сков; born 29 September 1948 inMoscow[1]) is a retiredsabrefencer, who competed for theUSSR.
Krovopuskov began fencing at age 13 at theChildren and Youth Sport School in Moscow, his first trainer being Igor Chernyshev.[2] In 1967, he joined theArmed Forces Sports Society inMoscow.[2] He was a member of the USSR National Team between 1973 and 1986.[1] At the 1976Olympics he won gold medals in both the individual and team sabre events. He repeated his performance at the1980 Summer Olympics, where he, again, won gold medals in both events.[3][4]
Krovopuskov was world champion in individual sabre twice (1978 and 1982), and team sabre five times (1974, 1975, 1979, 1983, and 1985). He also won the World Cup in sabre twice (1976 and 1979). In 1979, he was named the Best Sabre Fencer of the World by theInternational Fencing Federation.[1]
He was awarded theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976[5] and theOrder of Lenin in 1980.[1]
V. L. Golubev (1981).Viktor Krovopuskov. Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow:Fizkultura i sport.
