Background
Shturbabin is the son of fencing coach Valery Shturbabin, who currently trains Ukraine"s national sabre team
Shturbabin is the son of fencing coach Valery Shturbabin, who currently trains Ukraine"s national sabre team
He took up fencing at the age of six. His first major award was a bronze medal at the 2001 Cadet World Championships in Gdańsk, followed by a team bronze medal at the Junior World Championships. He was offered a scholarship by an American college, but he refused as he did not want to move.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in sixth position in the sabre event.
Shturbabin graduated from the Khmelnytskyi National University.