Vasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba (Ukrainian: Василь Дмитрович Рачиба; born January 27, 1982, in Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1][2] He defeated Russia's Alan Khugayev for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[3] Rachyba is also a member of the wrestling team for CSKA Kyiv, and is coached and trained by Yury Tsikolenko.[1]
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| Full name | Vasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 January 1982 Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Kyiv[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yury Tsikolenko[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rachyba represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He defeated Tunisian wrestler and two-time Olympian Haykel Achouri in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Georgia's Vladimer Gegeshidze, with a three-set technical score (1–2, 3–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Vasyl Rachyba". London 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasyl Rachyba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Cullen, Jessica (4 April 2011). "Russia wins two Greco-Roman titles at European Championship". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 84kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
External links edit
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Vasyl Rachyba at the International Wrestling Database
- Vasyl Rachyba at the International Wrestling Database
- Vasyl Rachyba at Olympics.com
- Vasyl Rachyba at Olympedia
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