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{{Infobox fencer
| name           = Dmitriy Aleksanin
| image          = Dmitriy Aleksanin Challenge SNCF Reseau 2015 ind t084145.jpg
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| nationality    = 
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1991|12|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Alma Ata]], Kazakhstan
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| height         = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin}}
| weight         = {{convert|86|kg|lb}}
| sport          = [[Fencing]]
| weapon         = [[épée (fencing)|épée]] 
| hand           = left-handed
| natlcoach      = Valery Dimov
| country        = Kazakhstan
| fieranking     = [http://fie.org/fencers/fencer/20867 current raking]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Épée]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Fencing at the 2014 Asian Games|Team épée]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Fencing Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 Asian Fencing Championships|2013 Shanghai]]|Team épée}} 
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Asian Fencing Championships|2012 Wakayama]]|Team épée}} 
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'''Dmitriy Alexanin''' ({{lang-ru|Дмитрий Алексанин}}) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i [[épée]] fencer,<ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/alexanin-dmitriy-1136214/ London2012.com]</ref> team gold medallist at the [[2013 Asian Fencing Championships|2014 Asian Championships]] and team bronze medallist at the [[2014 Asian Games]].

==Career==

Alexanin began fencing in 2002 at the instigation of his mother. His first coach was Igor Yarmolkevich. He was then placed under the responsibility of national épée coach Valery Dimov. He made his international debut in the [[2010–11 Fencing World Cup|2010–11 season]] at the Legnano World Cup. A year later, he won the bronze at the Trophée Monal.

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] he competed in the [[Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's épée|Men's épée]], but was defeated in the first round by [[Silvio Fernández (fencer born 1979)|Silvio Fernández]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/737c486e-01a1-4de7-bf58-98b6408ba664|title=Dmitriy Alexanin|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=11 September 2012}}</ref> He won a team bronze medal with Kazakhstan at the [[2013 Summer Universiade]]. He reached the quarter-finals in the individual event and won a team gold medal at the [[2013 Asian Fencing Championships]] in [[Shanghai]]. At the [[2013 World Fencing Championships]] in [[Budapest]] he reached again the quarter-finals, where he was defeated by Estonia's [[Nikolai Novosjolov]] who eventually won the gold medal. Alexanin finished the [[2013–14 Fencing World Cup|2013–14 season]] No.25, a career best.

Alexanin studied at the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism. His elder brother Sergey is also a fencer.

==References==
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[[Category:Kazakhstani male fencers]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani épée fencers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic fencers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani people of Russian descent]]
[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in fencing]]
[[Category:Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]

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[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]