Sergey Bida
Bida in 2023
Personal information
Native nameСергей Олегович•Бида[1]
Full nameSergey Olegovich Bida
Nickname(s)Bidon
Born (1993-02-13) February 13, 1993
Moscow, Russia
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
CountryRussian
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
ClubAcademy of Fencing Masters, California, USA
Highest ranking1[2]
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam épée
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 BudapestIndividual épée
Bronze medal – third place2018 WuxiTeam épée
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 TbilisiTeam épée
Gold medal – first place2018 Novi-SadTeam épée
Gold medal – first place2019 DüsseldorfTeam épée
Bronze medal – third place2014 StrasbourgTeam épée
European Games
Silver medal – second place2015 BakuTeam épée
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiIndividual épée
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiTeam épée

Sergey Olegovich Bida (Russian: Сергей Олегович Бида, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈbʲidə]; born 13 February 1993; nicknamed Bidon)[2] is a Russian left-handed épée fencer, three-time European épée team champion, and 2021 Olympic épée team silver medalist.[2][3] He was ranked #1 in the world in 2020.[4] He moved to the United States in June 2023, along with his wife, Olympic épée fencer Violetta Khrapina Bida.[5][6] Bida is a member of USA Fencing.

Education

Bida studied Sports Studies at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in Moscow.[2]

Fencing career

Russia

2012–19

Bida began fencing at 13 years of age, and his club before he left Russia was Dynamo Moscow.[5] At the April 2012 Junior World Championship in Moscow, he won a bronze medal in individual épée.[7] At the March 2013 Junior European Epee Championships in Torun, Poland, he won a silver medal in team épée.[7] At the June 2013 European Under-23 Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won bronze medals in individual épée and team épée.[7]

At the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France, Bida won a bronze medal in team épée. At the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won a silver medal in team épée.[7]

At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Tapei, Taiwan, Bida won gold medals in both individual épée and team épée. At the 2017 European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June, he won a gold medal in team épée.

At the 2018 European Fencing Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, in June, he won a gold medal in team épée. At the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China, in July, Bida won a bronze medal in team épée.[7]

In March 2019 at the Buenos Aries Fencing World Cup in Argentina, Bida won the gold medal in individual épée.[7] At the 2019 European Fencing Championships in Düsseldorf, Germany, in June, he won a gold medal in team épée.[7]

At the 2019 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in July, Bida won the individual silver medal in the épée tournament, losing only to Gergely Siklósi of Hungary.[6][8]

In 2019, Bida was given the title Honoured Master of Sport by the Russian Federation.[2] He was named the 2019 Male Fencer of the Year by the Russian Federation.[2]

2019–23

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" first class

Bida was ranked # 1 in the world in men's épée in 2019/2020.[2] At the January 2020 Fencing Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar, he was the top seed and won the gold medal in individual épée defeating 2019 French team world champion Alexandre Bardenet 15-6 in the final, and that same month at the Heidenheim World Cup in Germany, he won a bronze medal in individual épée.[9][10] At the February 2020 Vancouver World Cup in Canada, he won a silver medal in individual épée.[7]

In July 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Bida won a silver medal in team épée, and came in fifth in individual épée (losing only to gold medal winner Romain Cannone of France).[11]

In recognition of his achievements at the Tokyo Olympics, Bida received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" first class from the president of the Russian Federation.[2]

United States

His club is now the Academy of Fencing Masters (AFM) in California in the United States.[5] Bida is a member of USA Fencing.[12]

In June 2023 Bida left Russia and moved to the United States to embark in a career there, joining the AFM Coaching Team in San Jose, California.[5] He is both coaching and competing in the United States, as is his wife Olympic épée fencer Violetta Khrapina Bida.[5][6] He and his wife join Konstantin Lokhanov as Olympic fencers who left Russia to go to the United States after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

In 2023, USA Fencing granted Russians living in the United States the right to compete in American competitions as neutral athletes, if they sign a declaration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13][14] On the Fourth of July weekend, Bida won a gold medal in the team men’s épée competition at the United States Summer National Championships, in which 60 men's épée teams competed.[13][14]

In reaction to the emigration of Bida and his wife to the United States, the Russian Fencing Federation announced its decision to fire the highly regarded Russian national épée team head coach Alexander Glazunov -- "due to the flight of his athletes to the United States without the consent" of the Russian Fencing Federation.[14][15]

In December 2023, Pravda reported that Bida and his wife were put on the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs "wanted list for escaping to USA."[6]

Personal life

Bida's maternal grandmother, Soviet Ukrainian Valentina Rastvorova, 1958 world women's foil champion.

Bida's maternal grandmother, Valentina Rastvorova, was a Soviet Ukrainian-born fencer who was the world 1958 women's foil individual champion, won team gold and individual silver in women's foil in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as well as team silver in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] His maternal grandfather, Boris Grishin, was a fencer who won Olympic silver in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and Olympic bronze in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo in water polo.[2] His maternal uncle, Yevgeny Grishin, won Olympic water polo gold in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and water polo bronze in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[2] His mother is Yelena Grishina, a two-time finalist in Olympic foil, in the 1998 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]

Bida was originally set to follow in his grandfather and uncle's footsteps in competitive water polo; however, he got a severe case of sinusitis when he was 12 years old that prevented him from getting in the pool. He took up épée instead. as he was too old to begin in other sports.[16]

His wife Violetta also fences épée, and is a three-time Junior World Champion, a silver medalist in both the Senior World and European Championships, and a Tokyo Olympian.[6]

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Épée 2nd[17]

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Épée 3rd[18]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 2nd[19]

European Championship

Year Location Event Position
2014 France Strasbourg, France Team Men's Épée 3rd[20]
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Épée 1st[21]
2018 Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia Team Men's Épée 1st[22]
2019 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Team Men's Épée 1st[23]

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
01/24/2020 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Épée 1st[24]

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
03/22/2019 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 1st[25]
01/09/2020 Germany Heidenheim, Germany Individual Men's Épée 3rd[26]
02/07/2020 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Épée 2nd[27]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sergey Bida". Olympedia.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "BIDA Sergey". The International Fencing Federation.
  3. ↑ Владимир Линдер, Павел Андрианов, Ирина Прасканова, Сергей Шилов (2021). На крыльях «Буревестника». История студенческого спорта (in Russian).
  4. ↑ "The International Fencing Federation". The International Fencing Federation official website.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Igor Chirashnya (June 21, 2023). "Welcome Sergey Bida to the United States and to AFM!". Academy of Fencing Masters.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Scherma, Redazione Pianeta (June 22, 2023). "Sergey Bida lascia la Russia e si sposta negli Stati Uniti: sarà Maestro e parteciperà alle gare domestiche USA". pianetascherma.com (in Italian).
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Sergey Bida (Esgrima): Palmarés y resultados". los-deportes.info (in Spanish). Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  8. ↑ Andrea Ziglio (July 19, 2019). "Scherma, Mondiali 2019: trionfo casalingo per Gergely Siklosi. Vittoria all'ultima stoccata sul russo Bida". oasport.it (in Italian).
  9. ↑ "Russia, Romania Clinch Gold at 2020 Doha Epee Grand Prix". Sportsmonks. January 27, 2020.
  10. ↑ Nancy Gillen (January 26, 2020). "Bida lives up to billing to win FIE Épée Grand Prix". Inside the Games.
  11. ↑ "Sergey Bida," Olympics.com.
  12. ↑ "Current Member List". USA Fencing.
  13. 1 2 "Three Russian fencers to compete at U.S Summer Nationals". Reuters. June 30, 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 Longman, Jeré (July 8, 2023). "With War as a Backdrop, a Russian Fencing Drama Plays Out in the U.S.; The departure of Russian fencers who object to their country's invasion of Ukraine has created a stir at home and left their sporting futures in question". The New York Times.
  15. ↑ "Тренера сборной России уволят из-за «бегства» шпажистов в США". Sportrbc.ru (in Russian). July 1, 2023.
  16. ↑ Chirashnya, Igor (May 7, 2020). "Parenting Insight from Elena Grishina, Champion Fencing Mom of the World's #1 Epee Fencer, Sergey Bida". Academy of Fencing Masters. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  17. ↑ "30 Jul 2021 Olympic Games". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  18. ↑ "25 Jul 2018 World Championship". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  19. ↑ "16 Jul 2019 World Championship". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  20. ↑ "07 Jun 2014 Championnats d'Europe". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  21. ↑ "16 Jun 2017 Championnats d'Europe". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  22. ↑ "20 Jun 2018 Championnats d'Europe par equipe". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  23. ↑ "21 Jun 2019 Championnats d'Europe". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  24. ↑ "24 Jan 2020 Grand Prix du Qatar". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  25. ↑ "22 Mar 2019 Coupe du Monde". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  26. ↑ "09 Jan 2020 Coupe du Monde". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  27. ↑ "07 Feb 2020 Coupe du Monde". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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