Personal information | |
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Nationality | Ukraine |
Born | Volnovakha, Ukraine | 19 June 1998
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Amateur wrestling |
Event | Greco-Roman |
Medal record |
Oleksandr Ihorovych 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]
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]
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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2015 | World Cadet Championships | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1st | Greco-Roman 54 kg |
2016 | European Junior Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Greco-Roman 60 kg |
2016 | World Junior Championships | Macon, France | 5th | Greco-Roman 60 kg |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Szombathely, Hungary | 7th | Greco-Roman 59 kg |
2017 | European Junior Championships | Dortmund, Germany | 5th | Greco-Roman 60 kg |
2017 | World Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | Greco-Roman 60 kg |
2018 | European U23 Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 7th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2018 | European Junior Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2018 | World Junior Championships | Trnava, Slovakia | 18th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2018 | World U23 Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2019 | European U23 Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 5th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 15th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2019 | World U23 Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 10th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 10th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2021 | World U23 Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 7th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2022 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2022 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 30th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 10th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2023 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 7th | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 2nd | Greco-Roman 63 kg |