In the
2005–06 season Reshetnikov joined the junior national team, where he became friends with
Nikolay Kovalev. He won with them a team gold medal in the 2006 Junior World championships at Taebaek City. The year after, he joined the senior national team, which earned gold at the
European Championships in Ghent. In 2009 he created a surprise at the
European Championships in Plovdiv: ranked 61st before the competition, he won only two of his five bouts in pools and had to go through a qualification round. He then defeated
Vincent Anstett,
Rareș Dumitrescu,
Aldo Montano,
Dmitry Lapkes,
Gianpiero Pastore, and finally
Julien Pillet to win the gold medal. In the
2009–10 season Reshetnikov climbed a
World Cup podium for the first time with a gold medal in the Istanbul World Cup, followed by a silver medal in the Akropolis Grand Prix. At the
European Championships in Leipzig, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Germany's
Nicolas Limbach, who eventually won the silver medal. He fell against Limbach again in the semi-finals of the
World Championships in Paris and came away with a bronze medal. In the
team event, Russia defeated South Korea, then Romania, and met Italy in the final. Russia came back from an early 10–1 Italian lead to prevail 45–41 and take Russia's first World title since 2005. The
2010–11 season was a dry spell for Reshetnikov, whose best individual result was a quarter-final loss 14–15 against
Gu Bon-gil at the
World Championships in Catania. With the team, he won a bronze medal at the
European Championships in Sheffield and Russia kept their World title after beating Belarus 45–29 in the final. In the
2011–12 season Reshetnikov took a silver medal in the Warsaw Grand Prix after being defeated in the final by teammate
Aleksey Yakimenko. He was stopped in the first round by Ukraine's
Dmytro Boiko in the
European Championships in Legnano. In the team event, Russia defeated Ukraine and Italy to meet Romania in the final. Reshetnikov won each of his three bouts, contributing to his team's 45–42 victory. At the
2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated
in the second round by
Tim Morehouse of the United States. The
team event proved equally disappointing as No.1 seed Russia was defeated by Romania in the semi-finals, then by Italy in the bronze medal match and went home with no medal. In the
2012–13 season, Reshetnikov won two silver medals in the Madrid and Padova World Cups. He sustained a hand injury in the Chicago World Cup which had him miss the rest of the season. At the
European Championships in Zagreb he was stopped in the quarter-finals by teammate Nikolay Kovalev. In the team event, Russia fell in the first round against Ukraine and finished second-to-last. Two weeks later, despite tonsillitis, Reshetnikov took part in the
2013 Summer Universiade at Kazan where he took a bronze medal after teammate Aleksey Yakimenko defeated him in the semi-finals. In the team event Russia overcame the United States, China, Korea, then Italy to earn the gold medal. At the
World Championships in Budapest, No.8 seed Reshetnikov disposed of Germany's
Max Hartung in the quarter-finals, then of Romania's
Tiberiu Dolniceanu. He fenced teammate and friend Kovalev in the first all-Russian final in the major event since the
Stanislav Pozdnyakov v
Sergey Sharikov duel in the
1996 Summer Olympics. Kovalev took the lead at the end of the first period, but Reshetnikov came back to win the World title. In the team event, No.1 seed Russia had a tight 45–44 over No.9 seed Ukraine in the quarter-finals, then prevailed 45–41 over Belarus to meet Italy in the final. After a very tight match, Reshetnikov was poised for the win on 43–44 in the last relay, but Italy's
Luigi Samele struck two hits in a row to snatch the gold medal from Russia. In the
World Championships in Kazan, Reshetnikov suffered front leg and back injuries and was defeated in the second round by Korea's
Won Woo-young and could not defend his title. In the
team event, defending champion Russia were defeated in the semi-finals by Germany. They fenced Hungary for the bronze medal, but were defeated and came away with no medal. == Medal record ==