12 Facts About Pavel Kolobkov

Pavel Anatolyevich Kolobkov is a Russian retired epee fencer.

Pavel Kolobkov won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.

Pavel Kolobkov served as the Russian Minister of Sport from 2016 to 2020, when he was dismissed from the position by President Putin.

Pavel Kolobkov previously served as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport as well as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy.

Pavel Kolobkov was appointed as a Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy on 8 October 2010 by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Pavel Kolobkov was appointed as the head of the Russian 2012 London Summer Olympics delegation on 9 August 2011.

Pavel Kolobkov was appointed as a Class 3 State Advisor of the Russian Federation on 7 October 2013.

Pavel Kolobkov served as Russia's representative to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Pavel Kolobkov unsuccessfully denied WADA's finding that Russia was falsifying laboratory doping data, and was criticized by Russia's top athletes for endangering their careers.

Pavel Kolobkov's last meeting with the organization was on 18 November 2015, when WADA declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to be non-compliant.

Pavel Kolobkov was appointed as a Class 2 State Advisor of the Russian Federation on 11 August 2016.

In March 2020, Pavel Kolobkov was appointed as a board member and the deputy chief executive officer for Federal Government Relations by Gazprom Neft.