Alexander Kuzyukov

Alexander Kuzyukov
Alexander Kuzyukov
Personal information
Native name	Александр Анатольевич Кузюков
Full name	Alexander Anatolyevich Kuzyukov
Born	August 7, 1987 (age 37); Maryanovka, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Disability class	B
Medal record
Men's wheelchair fencing
Representing RPC
Paralympic Games

Alexander Anatolyevich Kuzyukov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Кузюков; born 7 August 1987)^[1] is a Russian wheelchair fencer, who won gold in the men's épée B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[2] He is a two-time Paralympic champion, three-time world champion, three-time European champion, and 23-time champion of Russia. He is a Merited Master of Sport of Russia.^[3]

Early life

Kuzyukov was born 1987 in the workers' settlement of Maryanovka, Omsk Oblast. In childhood he practiced running, swimming and basketball. At the age of eighteen he had an employment injury on a construction site, receiving a spinal compression fracture and the loss of ability to walk.^[4] After the injury he decided to take up Paralympic fencing (sitting fencing). He attended the recently established section in Omsk, with his first coach being Valery Petrovich Purtov.^[5]

Personal life

Kuzyukov enrolled at the Siberian Automobile and Highway University with a degree in "Economics and Management in Companies" and at the Siberian State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports with a degree in "Coach Instructor in Physical Culture and Sports".^[3]

References

^ "KUZYUKOV Alexander". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "Gold Medal Bout Results". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b Кузюков Александр Анатольевич
^ Для реабилитации пострадавших на производстве в Омске приобрели уникальный тренажер
^ Валерий Пуртов: "Паралимпийцы такие же спортсмены, только сильнее"

External links

Alexander Kuzyukov at the International Paralympic Committee

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[1] "KUZYUKOV Alexander". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[2] "Gold Medal Bout Results". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[opoo-3] Кузюков Александр Анатольевич

[4] Для реабилитации пострадавших на производстве в Омске приобрели уникальный тренажер

[5] Валерий Пуртов: "Паралимпийцы такие же спортсмены, только сильнее"

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