Biography. Smirnov is also the author of ten inventions and 45 scientific papers. While there have been no fatalities in fencing's 100-year history in the United States, there were three deaths from fencing-related injuries in competitions worldwide from 1995 to 1997. "Despite the general (mis)perceptions about the dangers involved with participating in fencing," wrote Harmer, "the research data clearly indicate that it is a very safe activity, particularly for novices in well supervised and carefully organized teaching situations run by experienced coaches with good equipment." He may have been the best fencer in the world at the time of his death. The slow-motion instant replay has also added more transparency to the scoring in a sport that previously depended on the subjective decisions of referees who could be swayed by national interests. Technological upgrades have also made fencing more accurate and enjoyable to watch. Often working with a... 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Carbon steel blades like the one that pierced Smirnov's face mask have been replaced with a more durable material called maraging steel. Block or report user Block or report Civil. // The manufacturers are responsible for the equipment update. Of the 22 sports examined in the study, fencing was found to be tied with golf as having the least risk to players. Popular repositories github2telegram. Smirnov won the gold medal in individual men's foil at the 1980 Summer Olympics. We added the emphasis to those last two words because they have turned out to be crucial to safety in the sport of fencing. Born and raised in Paris, France, Vlad is now a New York City based photographer specializing in street, food, music, fashion photography and documentary-style filmmaking. He may have been the best fencer in the world at the time of his death. The 1750302576 NPI number is assigned to the healthcare provider “VLADIMIR K. SMIRNOV M.D”, practice location address at “135 SEA BREEZE AVE SUITE 101 BROOKLYN, NY, 11224-3701”. There are three different types of fencing swords – foil, épée, and saber — and there are different sets of rules and types of equipment that ensure both safety and a good show for all involved. Sign up. Vladimir Smirnov was particularly adept at the foil and épée. The study also found that in the decade preceding 2005, there were 143 deaths in high school and college football, 63 in basketball, and 20 in soccer. These improvements have greatly decreased the rate of severe injuries in the sport, making it one of the safest competitive activities on the planet. Suits are now made with Kevlar or super-strong nylon, and the masks have been upgraded as well. And one particularly gruesome and tragic death in the 1982 World Championships, when a fluke accident caused the death of Russian Olympic fencer Vladimir Smirnov. Buying or selling accounts via Accs-market is safe and convenient! Vladimir Smirnov Civil. Mattias Behr of West Germany, himself an Olympic gold winner, broke his foil on Smirnov's suit, and his inertia drove the jagged edge of it into the Russian's eye socket, piercing his brain. *The NSA is responsible for the athletes' biography update. In the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, he took the gold medal in the Men's Individual Foil competition, the silver in the Men's Foil Team competition, and the bronze in the Men's Épée Team competition. He graduated in 1980 from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrument Production, where he majored in electromechanical engineering. Later he gained a PhD in Technical Sciences (1986) and in Economics (2000). Ioan Pop, of the International Fencing Federation said that "[i]t was absolutely the accident and the death of Smirnov in 1982, in Rome," that made safety paramount in fencing. "The research data clearly indicate that it [fencing] is a very safe activity, particularly for novices," wrote Harmer. 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