Background
Ibragimov is the son of foil fencers Anvar Ibragimov and Olga Velichko.
Ibragimov is the son of foil fencers Anvar Ibragimov and Olga Velichko.
He was educated at the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.
In the same time, he began competing in a few senior events. Amongst seniors, he made his breakthrough during the 2012-2013 season, when he climbed his first World Cup podium with a gold medal in the Glaive d"Asparoukh after defeating Romania"s Tiberiu Dolniceanu in the final. At the World Championships in Budapest, he was eliminated in the second round by Max Hartung of Germany.
Ibragimov finished the season Number.15 in Foundation for International Education world rankings.
In the 2014 European Championships at Strasbourg, Ibragimov made his way to the semi-finals where he was stopped by team-mate Aleksey Yakimenko and came away with the bronze medal. In the team event, Russia met Italy in the final.
The Italians gained a 5-hit lead after the 7th relay. Despite individual victories in the two last legs, Russia could not bridge the gap and were defeated 44–45.
A month after, in the World Championships at Kazan, Ibragimov was defeated in the second round by Nicolas Limbach of Germany.
World Number.1 Russia met Germany in the semi-finals. Selected to close the match instead of captain Nikolay Kovalev, Ibragimov could not prevent Germany from winning 45–40. They met Hungary in the small final, but were defeated once again and came away with no medal.
He spent his childhood rubbing shoulders with champions such as four-time Olympic champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov, known to him as "Uncle Stas". He began fencing at the age of seven under the guidance of 1992 Olympic champion Aleksandr Shirshov, who remains his personal coach. Ibragimov won in 2009 the Cadets World Fencing Championships in Belfast. In 2010 he won the 2010 Junior European Championships in Athens. The year after, he won the U23 European Championships at Kazan both in the individual and in the team event. That same year, he won the Junior World Championship in Poreč and the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan. In the team event, where Ibragimov stood as reserve, Russia won the gold medal after prevailing over Romania in the final. In the 2014-2015 season Ibragimov won the Trofeo Luxardo in Padova after seeing off Ukraine"s Andriy Yagodka in the final.
The team event was Ibragimov"s first time as a full member of the side.
