Education
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism. Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism. Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
One of the best sabre fencers in the world, Sharikov began fencing at the age of 12. World Championships and World Cup He placed third in the individual sabre events at the 1998 and 2000 World Championships, and third in the team sabre event at the World Championships in 1999. European Championship World University Games Olympics At the 1996 Atlanta Games, ranked as world # 4, he competed in both the individual and team events.
Sharikov returned to the Olympics at the 2000 Sydney Games and helped lead the Russian team to its second consecutive gold medal in the team sabre event.
They easily defeated France in the final, 45–32. In the individual sabre, Sharikov entered the Olympics as the # 3 seed (he was also ranked # 3 in the world), but was eliminated in the third round of the competition, 15–14.
Sharikov was seeded fourth in the individual sabre event in the 2004 Athens Games. Maccabiah Games Sharikov, who was Jewish, was a participant for the Russian team at the 2001 Maccabiah Games.
He also competed in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, this time winning the silver medal as Vadim Gutzeit beat him 15–13 foreign
Sharikov coached the 2001 Russian Maccabiah Games fencing team Sharikov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports in 2003 and 2005. Sharikov died on 6 June 2015 in an automobile accident at the age of 40.
He was driving an all-terrain vehicle on the road as a part of a group of ATV drivers when it changed into the opposite traffic lane and collided head-on with a car.
The car"s driver was hospitalized.