Mykola Kuchmii Explained

Mykola Kuchmii
Native Name:Микола Кучмій
Native Name Lang:uk
Country:Ukraine
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:130 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Mykola Kuchmii (Ukrainian: Микола Кучмій) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Kuchmii represented Ukraine at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] He competed in the 130 kg event where he lost his first match against Sabah Shariati of Azerbaijan.[1] He was then eliminated by Iakob Kajaia of Georgia in the first match of the repechage. In June 2019, he lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus but he was awarded this medal in November of that year after the disqualification of gold medalist Kiryl Hryshchanka of Belarus.[2]

In 2020, Kuchmii won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[3] [4] In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5]

In January 2021, Kuchmii won the silver medal in the 130 kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.[6] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He did not qualify at this tournament and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7] [8] [9]

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdGreco-Roman 130kg
2020European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rdGreco-Roman 130kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 European Games Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415162443/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf. 15 April 2020. 15 April 2020.
  2. News: Morgan. Liam. 11 November 2019. Belarusian wrestler stripped of European Games gold medal for doping. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 May 2021.
  3. Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  4. News: Houston. Michael. Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships. 11 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 11 February 2020.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: 2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211107150312/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_zagreb.pdf?VersionId=pRLHK4V9.EF957exJQFDTZlQYqtSm8Ae. 7 November 2021. 7 November 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  8. News: Shefferd. Neil. 8 May 2021. Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 May 2021.
  9. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.

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