Oleksandr_Hrushyn

Oleksandr Hrushyn

Oleksandr Hrushyn

Ukrainian wrestler (born 1998)


Oleksandr Ihorovych Hrushyn (Ukrainian: Олександр Ігорович Грушин; born 19 June 1998 in Volnovakha)[1][2] is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He's twice European Championships medalist.[3]

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Personal life

He was born on 19 June 1998 in Volnovakha at the east of Ukraine.[4] He studied at the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University in physical culture department.[5] He is married to Alina Hrushyna, World Championships bronze medalist and two-time European champion.[6]

Career

In 2015, Oleksandr became a world champion at the World Cadets Wrestling Championships in Sarajevo.[7]

In the following year, he won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in Bucharest.[8]

In 2017, Oleksandr received a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships.[9] At the next year he won a gold medal at the 2018 European Juniors Wrestling Championships and also a bronze medal at the 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships, held in Rome and Bucharest respectively.[10][11]

In the following years, Oleksandr won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, winning Etienne Kinsinger in bronze medal match.[12]

Then he won a silver medal at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships in 63 kg event, losing Murad Mammadov from Azerbaijan in final match.[13][14] During the medal ceremony, he refused for common photo with bronze medalist Anvar Allakhiarov from Russia, who represented Individual Neutral Athletes, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[15]

Achievements

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References

  1. "Молодіжний Кубок України з греко-римської боротьби". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. "Oleksandr Hrushyn". uww.org. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. "Грінченківець Олександр Грушин кращий борець України та світу!". Київський столичний університет імені Бориса Грінченка (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. "Oleksandr Hrushyn". the International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

Oleksandr Hrushyn at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)


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