Andrii Olehovych Kulyk (Ukrainian: Андрій Олегович Кулик; born 18 December 1998) is a Ukrainian wrestler. He is a bronze medallist of the World Wrestling Championships.

Andrii Kulyk
Personal information
Native nameАндрій Олегович Кулик
Full nameAndrii Olegovich Kulyk
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1998-12-18) December 18, 1998 (age 25)
Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class72 kg
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 72 kg
Grand Prix Zagreb Open
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Zagreb 72 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Skopje 72 kg
Representing All-World Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Baku Team

Career

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Kulyk's first senior international championship was the 2020 European Championships in Rome, Italy, where he lost in his very first bout against Hungary's Róbert Fritsch.[1]

The following year was more successful for Kulyk. He won a silver medal at the 2021 European U23 Championship in Skopje, North Macedonia, where he lost in the final to Malkhas Amoyan from Armenia. He also participated at the 2021 U23 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and managed to reach the quarterfinals (after defeating Francesco Bellino from Italy and Andrei Kavaleuski from Belarus, but losing to Shant Khachatryan from Armenia).[1]

Kulyk participated at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, being awarded a bronze medal[2] in the men's Greco-Roman 72 kg event. Though he lost to the eventual World Champion Ali Arsalan representing Serbia, he first defeated Róbert Fritsch from Hungary and Kristupas Šleiva from Lithuania, and then narrowly won in the bronze medal bout against Ibrahim Ghanem from France.[3][4] That season, Kulyk also won a bronze medal of the Grand Prix Zagreb Open, while his teammate and Olympic silver medallist Parviz Nasibov was victorious.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Statistics for Andrii Kulyk". United World Wrestling. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Shefferd, Neil (11 September 2022). "Hosts Serbia take two golds on opening day of finals at World Wrestling Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 September 2022. Bronze medals in the category went the way of Turkey's Selcuk Can and Andrii Kulyk of Ukraine.
  3. ^ "World Championships Results: Weight Category (Results GR 72)". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 20 September 2022. Ali Feizollah ARSALAN (SRB) df. Andrii KULYK (UKR)
  4. ^ "Андрій Кулик здобув першу медаль України на чемпіонаті світу з греко-римської боротьби" [Andrii Kulyk won Ukraine's first medal at the Greco-Roman World Championship]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 11 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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