Serhii Priadun Explained

Serhii Priadun
Fullname:Serhii Anatoliyovych Priadun
Birth Date:11 October 1974
Birth Place:Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Weight:1200NaN0
Style:Freestyle
Club:Tavira Wrestling Club
Coach:Vitali Karassov
Show-Medals:yes

Serhii Anatoliyovych Priadun (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Прядун; born October 11, 1974, in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category.[1] He won three medals (two silver and one bronze) at the European Championships, scored a fourth-place finish in the 120-kg division at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, United States, and also represented his nation Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Priadun trained full-time for Tavira Wrestling Club in Simferopol, under his personal coach Vitali Karassov.

Priadun qualified for the Ukrainian squad, as a 30-year-old, in the men's 120 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed fourth and guaranteed a spot on Ukraine's wrestling team from the World Championships, losing to Iran's Alireza Rezaei for the bronze medal.[2] [3] Priadun lost two straight matches each to 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Alexis Rodríguez of Cuba (0–8) and Nestoras Batzelas of Greece (0–5) without obtaining a single point, leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing last out of 20 wrestlers in the final standings.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Serhii Priadun. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/serhiy-priadun-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 9 July 2014.
  2. News: Abbott. Gary. Olympic Games preview at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's freestyle. USA Wrestling. The Mat. 29 July 2004. 22 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222350/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10352. 6 June 2014. dead.
  3. News: Nynka. Andrew. Ukraine's Iryna Merleni is top female wrestler at World Championships. The Ukrainian Weekly. 20 August 2003. 30 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 120kg. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 23 September 2013.
  5. News: uk:Трое из четырех украинских борцов стартуют успешно. Three out of four Ukrainian wrestlers had a successful start. Ukrainian. http://olympic.sport.ua/news/3161. Sport.ua. 27 August 2004. 30 July 2014.