Sergei Mureiko
 Mureiko (right) at the 2004 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 July 1970 (age 54) Chişinău, Moldovian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Slavia Sofia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sergei Mureiko (born 2 July 1970) is a retired heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler, who until 1996 represented Moldova and then Bulgaria. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1996. Between 1993 and 2004 he won 11 medals at the world and European championships, often losing to his main rival Aleksandr Karelin.[2] He won his only international title in 1997, in the absence of Karelin. Karelin considered Mureiko one of his most difficult opponents.[3][4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sergei Mureiko.
- ^ "Wrestling European Championships 1997 Kouvola FIN, Day 4 (EVENING SESSION)". YouTube. 24 May 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergei Mureico". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ Сергей Мурейко. wrestling-rybnitsa.narod.ru
- ^ Александр Карелин: Я большой и тяжелый (Спорт-Экспресс, 28.09.1999). wrestrus.ru
External links
[edit]- Sergej Mureiko at the International Wrestling Database
- Serguei Moureiko at Olympics.com
- Sergei Mureico at Olympedia (archive)
- Serghei Mureico at Olympic.md (in Romanian)
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chișinău
- Moldovan male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Moldova
- Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Bulgarian male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
- 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
- Moldovan sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- Bulgarian sport wrestler stubs