Artem Surkov

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Artem Surkov
Артём Сурков
Artem Surkov (in red) vs. Alejandro Sancho at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameArtem Olegovich Surkov
National teamRussia Russia
Born (1993-10-15) 15 October 1993 (age 30)[1]
Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportWrestling[1]
EventGreco-Roman
ClubRussian Air Force Sport Club
Aleksey Mishin Wrestling Academy
Coached byViktor Ermoshin, Sergey Egorkin and Vasily Ermakov
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nur-Sultan 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Las Vegas 66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris 66 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Novi Sad 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kaspiysk 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 67 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abadan 66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tehran 66 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 66 kg
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan 67 kg
Ivan Poddubny Memorial
Gold medal – first place 2018 Krasnodar 67 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tyumen 66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tyumen 66 kg
Golden Grand Prix Baku
Gold medal – first place 2016 Baku 66 kg
European Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 66 kg
Oleg Karavaev Memorial
Gold medal – first place 2014 Minsk 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Minsk 66 kg

Artem Olegovich Surkov (Russian: Артём Олегович Сурков; born 15 October 1993)[2] is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. Senior World Champion 2018 and runner-up in 2019. He is bronze medalist Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny in the Greco-Roman men's 66 kg event. He competed at the European Games 2015 and in the final match he defeated Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia.[3] Also he won silver medal in World Greco-Roman Cup in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a member of the Russian team in 66 kg at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States,[4] where he beat Migran Arutyunyan in the bronze medal match.

At the European Wrestling Championships 2018, he won a gold medal.[5] He became world champion at 2018 World Wrestling Championships.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and he lost his bronze medal match against Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed of Egypt in the 67 kg event.[6]

He is married and has a son.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Surkov bio's". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Artem Surkov in wrestrus". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Surkov is European Games gold medalist". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Surkov is World Team member". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Сурков победил на ЧЕ в Каспийске в категории до 67 кг" [Surkov won the European Championship in Kaspiysk in the category up to 67 kg]. studio21.ru (in Russian). 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Surkov has a son". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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