Kiryl Maskevich Explained

Kiryl Maskevich
Birth Date:1998 3, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Barysaw, Minsk Oblast[2]
Height:180 cm
Country:Belarus
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:87 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Kiryl Maskevich (born 6 March 1998) is a Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at both the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships.[3] He also represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the men's 87kg event.[4]

Career

Maskevich won one of the bronze medals in the 87kg event at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.[5] [6] In 2020, he was eliminated in his first match in the 87kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. In that same year, he won the gold medal in the 87kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7] [8]

In 2021, Maskevich won the silver medal in the 87kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[9] [10] In 2022, he won the gold medal in the 87kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[11]

He won one of the bronze medals in the 87kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[12] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland2ndGreco-Roman 87kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway2ndGreco-Roman 87kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania3rdGreco-Roman 87kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling: MASKEVICH Kiryl . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728165431/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1288287-maskevich-kiryl.htm . 28 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Kiryl Maskevich . . 23 January 2024.
  3. News: Houston . Michael . 10 October 2021 . Iran tops medal table on final day of Wrestling World Championships . . 10 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021.
  5. News: Etchells . Daniel . Iran claim two golds as first Greco-Roman medals awarded at UWW Under-23 World Championships . 2 November 2019 . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 February 2020.
  6. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf . 28 December 2019 . 8 August 2020 . United World Wrestling.
  7. News: Iveson . Ali . 13 December 2020 . Russians dominate Greco-Roman competition at UWW Individual World Cup . InsideTheGames.biz . live . 14 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201214012755/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101980/uww-individual-world-cup-vlasov . 14 December 2020.
  8. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf . 18 December 2020 . 18 December 2020 . United World Wrestling.
  9. News: Shefferd . Neil . 24 April 2021 . Russia claim two golds in men's Greco-Roman finals at European Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 24 April 2021.
  10. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf . 25 April 2021 . 25 April 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.