FAMOUS RUSSIAN TO TEACH MONGOLIAN FENCERS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A famous fencing coach from the Russian Federation Mr Alexander Rovnyagin will coach Mongolian fencers for two years with an ultimate aim to bring the Mongolian fencing into a newer level. A cooperation contract has been signed between Mr Ts.Davaatseren, a president of Mongolia’s Fencing Federation (MFF), and Mr Rovnyagin. Born in 1952, Rovnyagin has been a coach for the national teams of Uzbekistan, Russia, China, Iran and Jordan. Coached by him Russians won four gold medals. Pavel Kolobokov is one of the prominent epee fencers coached by Rovnyagin: he captured one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the Olympics of 1992-2004, and is current Vice Minister of Sport of Russia.