Oleg Kutscherenko
Ukrainian-German wrestler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
Representing the  Unified Team | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | 48 kg |
Representing the  Soviet Union | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1989 Martigny | 48 kg |
| 1990 Ostia | 48 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
 | 1990 Poznań | 52 kg |
 | 1989 Oulu | 48 kg |
Representing  Germany | ||
| 1995 Besançon | 48 kg |
He competed for Germany at the 1996 Olympics.[3]
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