Oleg Kutscherenko

Oleg Kutscherenko
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona 48 kg
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
1989 Martigny 48 kg
1990 Ostia 48 kg
European Championships
Representing the  Soviet Union
1990 Poznań 52 kg
1989 Oulu 48 kg
Representing  Germany
1995 Besançon 48 kg

Oleh Mykolaiovych Kucherenko (Ukrainian: Олег Миколайович Кучеренко; born December 20, 1968), also known as Oleg Kutscherenko, is a Ukrainian and German wrestler, born in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Khrustalnyi, Ukraine). The Ensign of the Reserves Oleh Kucherenko represented the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[1] He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1992, competing for the Unified Team and the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[1] He became the first Olympian for whom was raised the Ukrainian national flag and sounded the Ukrainian state anthem.[2]

He competed for Germany at the 1996 Olympics.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Olympic glory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. www.mil.gov.ua
  2. ^ «Незалежний» український спорт: від першого гімну на Олімпіаді до наймолодшого чемпіона Європи. www.radiosvoboda.org. 24 August 2019
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleg Kutscherenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2012.