Igor Praporshchikov (Ukrainian: Ігор Прапорщиків, romanized: Ihor Praporshchykiv; born 7 February 1976) is an Australian wrestler and coach. He competed in the men's freestyle 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] In freestyle, he won gold at the Pacific Ocean Games and Oceania Championship (1997, 2000, 2002), and silver at the FILA Five Continents Cup. In Greco-Roman, he won silver and bronze at the Oceania Championship (1996 and 1997 respectively).[2][3]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1976 Odesa, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, submission wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Praporshchikov has also competed in submission wrestling, winning the ADCC Asian and Oceanic trials twice (2008, 2010) and going to the 2009 and 2011 World Championships.[4][5] In 2019, he came third at the ADCC Australian National Titles in the men's professional -91kg division.[6]
As a wrestling coach, Praporshchikov has trained UFC fighters Mark Hunt and Jamie Te Huna.[7]
In October 2022, Praporshchikov was sentenced after several impaired driving offences.[8]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Praporshchikov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Praporshchikov, Igor (AUS)". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Igor PRAPORSHCHIKOV". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship 2009". adcombat.com. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship 2011". adcombat.com. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "ADCC AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TITLES 2019". adcombat.com. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Igor P – Igor MMA Sydney". Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "'Not his first time': Former Olympian's drug driving shame". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
External links edit
- Igor Praporshchikov at the International Wrestling Database
- Igor Praporshchikov at Olympedia
- Igor Praporshchikov at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Igor Praporshchikov at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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