Mykola Kuchmii

Mykola Kuchmii
Personal information
Native nameМикола Кучмій
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class130 kg
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 130 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 130 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 130 kg

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

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg

References

  1. ^ a b "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ Morgan, Liam (11 November 2019). "Belarusian wrestler stripped of European Games gold medal for doping". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ Houston, Michael (11 February 2020). "Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ Shefferd, Neil (8 May 2021). "Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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