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Home > Olympics > Bronze Medalists > Viktor Sidjak
Viktor Sidjak
The Olympic Games or Olympics are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C., the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Viktor Sidjak is one of the finest athletes who set an appreciated position for himself in the Olympic history. Sidjak was a famous fencer for his aggressive style and was born on November 21, 1943 in the Anzhero-Sudzhensk suburb of the Kemerovo Oblast. He was also one of the best known exponents of the Russian preparation and was regarded as an extremely successful left-handed sabreur from the Soviet era.
Sidjak spent most of his childhood in Donetsk. He started fencing when he was aged fifteen years. In the 1960s, he was trained in Lvov and represented Ukraine on the internal Soviet circuit. Later, in 1970, Sidjak moved to Minsk and was traded to the then mighty Belarussian fencing lobby.
Sidjak came into spotlight at the 1972 Olympics when he became the first Soviet sabreur to win individual gold medal. In 1994 Maffei's 1972 teammate Mario Aldo Montano invited Sidjak to coach the young fencers, including his own son at his club in Livorno. Sidjak’s world championship records include the 1969 World Championship title, 1969 World Championship team member title, 1970 World Championship team title and 1971 World Championship team title.
Sidjak was a player known for his mental toughness owing to which many of his famous performances went the distance. His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the other players of his epoch.
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