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In the team event Ukraine was defeated in the first round by Hungary and finished 5th after the placement rounds.
In the team event Ukraine was defeated in the first round by Hungary and finished 5th after the placement rounds.
Nikishyn took up fencing at the age of ten after he happened by chance on a fencing training. He took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the preliminary round by Romania"s Alexandru Nyisztor. Nikishyn was omitted from the national team in the 2004-2005 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 épéest
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.
At the 2013 World Championships in Budapest Nikishyn fell in the first round against Spain"s José Luis Abajo.
In the team event Ukraine edged past Russia in the table of 16. then defeated the Czechoslovakian Republic and France to meet Hungary in the final. They were overcome 42–38 and took a silver medal, the best result in Ukrainian history for men"s épéest He made his way to the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, where he ceded to of Korea"s Park Kyoung-doo.
He finished the season Number.2 in world rankings.
In the 2014-2015 season was more difficult, with only a quarter-finals finish at the Heidenheimer Pokal. At the European Championships in Montreux he lost in the table of 16 to France"s Ronan Gustin.
The Ukrainian team ceded first to world Number.1 France in the semifinals, then to hosts Switzerland and finished fourth. In the team event, Ukraine saw off Cuba, then Spain.
They had a tight 34–33 victory over hosts Russia in the quarter-finals, then prevailed over Italy after a semi-final marked by several non-combativity calls, which finished on the low score of 15-11.
Passivity was also used on both sides in the final against South of Korea.