Dmitriy Alexanin

{{Short description|Kazakhstani fencer (born 1991)}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Dmitriy Aleksanin | image = Dmitriy Aleksanin Challenge SNCF Reseau 2015 ind t084145.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Alma Ata, Kazakhstan | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin}} | weight = {{convert|86|kg|lb}} | weapon = épée | hand = left-handed | natlcoach = Valery Dimov | country = Kazakhstan | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/20867 current ranking] | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's Épée}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta-Palembang|Individual épée}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Incheon|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta-Palembang|Team épée}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2013 Shanghai|Team épée}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Wakayama|Team épée}} }}

'''Dmitriy Alexanin''' ({{Langx|kk|Дмитрий Алексанин|label=Cyrillic}}) is a Kazakhstani épée fencer,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/alexanin-dmitriy-1136214/ |title=London2012.com |access-date=2012-09-11 |archive-date=2013-01-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129061722/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/alexanin-dmitriy-1136214/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> team gold medallist at the 2014 Asian Championships and team bronze medallist at the 2014 Asian Games. Alexanin later went on to win a gold medal (individual) at the 2018 Asian Games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dmitriy Alexanin at FIE.org |url=https://fie.org/athletes/20867/profile |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=www.fie.org}}</ref>

==Career==

Alexanin began fencing in 2002 at the instigation of his mother. His first coach was Igor Yarmolkevich. He was then placed under the responsibility of national épée coach Valery Dimov. He made his international debut in the 2010–11 season at the Legnano World Cup. A year later, he won the bronze at the Trophée Monal.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's épée, but was defeated in the first round by Silvio Fernández.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics|title=Dmitriy Alexanin|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> He won a team bronze medal with Kazakhstan at the 2013 Summer Universiade. He reached the quarter-finals in the individual event and won a team gold medal at the 2013 Asian Fencing Championships in Shanghai. At the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest he reached again the quarter-finals, where he was defeated by Estonia's Nikolai Novosjolov who eventually won the gold medal. Alexanin finished the 2013–14 season No.25, a career best.

His gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games was the first gold won by a Kazakh fencer.<ref name=":0" /> That year, the Kazakh National Olympic Committee named him "Best Athlete of the Year in Summer Sports".<ref name=":0" />

Alexanin studied at the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism. His elder brother Sergey is also a fencer.

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