Oleksandr Hrushyn
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| Nationality |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1998 Volnovakha, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oleksandr Hrushyn (Ukrainian: Олександр Ігорович Грушин; born 19 June 1998 in Volnovakha)[1][2] is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time European Championships medalist.[3]
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 won a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships.[9] The next year he won a gold medal at the 2018 European Juniors Wrestling Championships and 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, beating Etienne Kinsinger in the bronze medal match.[12]
He then 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]
