Igor Praporshchikov
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Odesa, Ukraine
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1976 Odesa, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, submission wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Praporshchikov (Ukrainian: Ігор Прапорщиків, romanized: Ihor Praporshchykiv; born 7 February 1976) is an Australian wrestler and coach. He competed in the men's freestyle 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] In freestyle, he won gold at the Pacific Ocean Games and Oceania Championship (1997, 2000, 2002), and silver at the FILA Five Continents Cup. In Greco-Roman, he won silver and bronze at the Oceania Championship (1996 and 1997 respectively).[2][3]
Praporshchikov has also competed in submission wrestling, winning the ADCC Asian and Oceanic trials twice (2008, 2010) and going to the 2009 and 2011 World Championships.[4][5] In 2019, he came third at the ADCC Australian National Titles in the men's professional -91kg division.[6]
As a wrestling coach, Praporshchikov has trained UFC fighters Mark Hunt and Jamie Te Huna.[7]
In October 2022, Praporshchikov was sentenced after several impaired driving offences.[8]
