Bohdan Nikishyn
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Masters à l'épée 2013
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| Full name | Bohdan Serhiyovych Nikishyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 May 1980 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
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| Weapon(s) | Épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach(es) | Volodymyr Stankevych | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Olga Markina, Serhiy Komarov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE Ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bohdan Nikishyn (Ukrainian: Богдан Сергійович Нікішин; born 29 May 1980) is a Ukrainian épée fencer, team gold medallist in the 2015 World Fencing Championships and team silver medallist in the 2010 European Fencing Championships.
Nikishyn took up fencing at the age of ten after he happened by chance on a fencing training. He won a team silver medal at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Keszthely and joined the senior national team for the 2001 World Championships in Nîmes. He took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the preliminary round by Romania's Alexandru Nyisztor. In the team event Ukraine was defeated in the first round by Hungary and finished 5th after the placement rounds.
Nikishyn was omitted from the national team in the 2004–05 season, but was reinstated the next season. He climbed his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in the Doha Grand Prix. At the 2006 World Championships in Turin he was eliminated in the qualifications phase of the individual event. In the team event Nikishyn, Dmytro Karyuchenko, Maksym Khvorost and Dmytro Chumak were defeated in the semi-finals, then overcame Hungary to earn Ukraine's first world medal in team épée.
At his second Olympics, Beijing 2008, Nikishyn was stopped in the second round by Switzerlan's Michael Kauter. In the team event Ukraine was defeated in the first round by Poland and finished 7th.
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