Personal information | |
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Full name | Valerii Andriitsev |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Born | Kozelets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | February 27, 1987
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Freestyle |
Club | Dynamo |
Medal record | |
Updated on September 7, 2012 |
Valerii Oleksandrovych Andriitsev (Ukrainian: Валерій Олександрович Андрійцев; born 27 February 1987 in Kozelets) is a male freestyle wrestler from Ukraine. He won the silver medal in the Men's freestyle 96 kg at 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver in the 2012 European Wrestling Championships.[1][2][3] At the 2014 World Wrestling Championships he took the bronze medal after winning a rematch against American Jake Varner, who beat him in the gold medal match at the 2012 Olympics.[4][5] In June 2015, he earned bronze at the inaugural European Games for Ukraine in wrestling, more specifically, in the men's freestyle in the - 97 kg division.[6]
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