Oleg Kutscherenko Explained

Oleh Mykolaiovych Kucherenko (Ukrainian: Олег Миколайович Кучеренко; born December 20 1968), also known as Oleg Kutscherenko, is a Ukrainian and German wrestler, born in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Khrustalnyi, Ukraine). The Ensign of the Reserves Oleh Kucherenko represented the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[1] He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1992, competing for the Unified Team and the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[1] He became the first Olympian for whom was raised the Ukrainian national flag and sounded the Ukrainian state anthem.[2]

He competed for Germany at the 1996 Olympics.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.mil.gov.ua/diyalnist/sport/olimpijska-slava-zsu/ Olympic glory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20210430003952/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/ukrajinsky-sport/30127132.html «Незалежний» український спорт: від першого гімну на Олімпіаді до наймолодшого чемпіона Європи
  3. Oleg Kutscherenko . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/oleg-kutscherenko-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 April 2012.