Career
After beginning training in 2007 with the Russian national team, he earned a bronze medal in the 2008 European U23 Championships in Monza. He was called into the national team for the European Championships in Sheffield. Russia saw off Israel, but were stopped by France in the semifinal.
They overcame Germany in the match for the bronze medal, bringing Rigin his first European distinction.
At Catania 2011, his first World Championships, he was defeated in the second round by United States of America"s Gerek Meinhardt. These results pushed him to a world Number.17 ranking at the end of the season and he was named “breakthrough of the year” by the Russian Fencing Federation.
Rigin failed however to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons proved disappointing. He returned to form in the 2013-2014 season, reaching the quarter-finals in the Louisiana Coruña and Street St. Petersburg World Cups.
Drafted back into the Russian national team for the 2014 European Championships, he helped them cruise past the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Russia were largely defeated by France in the semifinals, but overcame Poland to earn Rigin his second European bronze. He finished the season Number.9 in world rakings, a career best so far. Rigin began the 2014-2015 season by a silver medal at the Prince Takamodo World Cup in Tokyo, after a defeat in the final to United States of America"s Race Imboden.