# Talk:Nikolay Alyokhin

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 02:08, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 16:09, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
I'll get to this shortly--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:09, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Just a reminder @Sturmvogel 66: :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:14, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Image properly licensed
How could he serve in the Armed Forces of Belarus before Belarus became independent?
Oops, meant to say Soviet Armed Forces.
Why did he only fence in the preliminary round during the Olympics?
There isn't anything that clearly says why, but usually in a round, a team has three fencers participate (I think), whereas Alyokhin was one of five members of the Soviet team. So they probably had him as a reserve and chose the others to fight in the finals.
Makes sense. Had to suck getting gold though without exactly earning it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:10, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
Any info on why he retired so young? Or even exactly when?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:08, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Not that I could find. The source only mentions that And in 1982, he won the prestigious tournament "Hungarian Cup" immediately followed by After finishing his sports career, Alyokhin... BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:09, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
@Sturmvogel 66: BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:09, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
Any info on his personal life?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:11, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
I added that he was a "commercial director" for a Minsk company, but besides that I couldn't find any personal life details. @Sturmvogel 66: BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:23, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
@Sturmvogel 66: Thanks for the promotion. Could you make it clear whether you did spot checks for the sources? (I'll be claiming this for WikiCup points, and previously I was told my GAs can only count if the reviewers specify whether spot checks were done.) Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:53, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
English-language spot checks made.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:18, 19 August 2025 (UTC)