Igor is a World Champion, Seoul Games Medalist (team USSR 1987/1988), the Last Champion of the Soviet Union and a repeat champion and medalist at numerous European, International and World Cup events.
Being a Canadian National Champion (2007), he has also accomplished what many only dream of!
Igor Tikhomirov won Canada's first ever men's epee Medal at the 2006 World Championship in Torino, Italy, a Gold Medal at the 2006 Pan-American Championship in Valencia, Venezuela and represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing Games.
During his career Igor has accumulated extensive experience and has achieved a top international level of qualifications as a fencing athlete and a professional. Igor has more than 30 years of practical fencing experience, accompanied by 4 years of formal studies at the State Institute of Physical Education in Moscow.