Oleksandr Hryshyn

Oleksandr Hrushyn (; born 19 June 1998 in Volnovakha) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time European Championships medalist.

Personal life He was born on 19 June 1998 in Volnovakha at the east of Ukraine. He studied at the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University in physical culture department. He is married to Alina Hrushyna, World Championships bronze medalist and two-time European champion.

Career

In 2015, Oleksandr became a world champion at the World Cadets Wrestling Championships in Sarajevo.

In the following year, he won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in Bucharest.

In 2017, Oleksandr won a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships. 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.

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.

He then won a silver medal at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships in 63 kg event, losing Murad Mammadov from Azerbaijan in final match. 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.

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