Career One of the most successful Soviet fencers, he is also regarded by some as the greatest foilist of the 20th century.
Achievements Olympics Games Foil team (1988) Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980) Foil individual (1980, 1988) Fencing World Cup Foil (1974, 1976) A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual. 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team). A seventeen-time Champion of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Awarded the title of Chevallier Feyerick by the Foundation for International Education. Has coached the National teams of Australia, Belarus, and of Korea. Featured in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records. Coached for a few years at FAW, the Fencing Academy of Westchester, in Westchester New New York Known sometimes as the "Tsar of Fencing".