Mikhail Burtsev

Mikhail Ivanovich Burtsev (; 21 June 1956 – 16 October 2015) was a Soviet sabre fencer. He won two gold medals and two silvers at three different Olympic Games.

Career Burtsev began his fencing career in 1965; he originally fenced for Burevstnik, and later for CSKA Moscow.

Burtsev was one of the youngest Olympic fencing champions, being only 20 years old when he won his first gold medal in Canada in 1976. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he coached the Unified Team fielded by the former Soviet Union, which took the gold medal at men's team sabre.

Honours Individual Silver medal at the World Championships (1978) Bronze medal at the World Championships (1979) Silver medal at the Olympic Games (1980) Gold medal at the Friendship Games (1984) Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1980)

Team Six-time world champion (1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987) Silver medal at the World Championships (1978, 1981) Bronze medal at the World Championships (1982) Gold medal at the Olympic Games (1976, 1980) Silver medal at the Olympic Games (1988) Gold medal at the Friendship Games (1984)