Áron Szilágyi. He then met teammate Veniamin Reshetnikov, who prevailed 15–13, dooming Kovalev to a silver medal. In the team event, Russia prevailed over reigning Olympic champion South Korea, then defeated Romania to take the gold medal. During the event Kovalev was also elected a member of the International Fencing Federation's athlete commission. As of 2021, he was a coach at the Laguna Fencing Center in California in the United States. References External links (archive) (archive) 1986 births Living people Russian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers of Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade gold medalists for Russia World Fencing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian people