Vasyl Fedoryshyn

Vasyl Petrovych Fedoryshyn (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Петро́вич Федори́шин; born 31 March 1981) is a male wrestler from Ukraine, who competes in the men's -60 kg freestyle division.

Career

Fedoryshyn was born in Kalush, Ukrainian SSR. He competed in wrestling at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[1] Fedoryshyn finished fourth in the Men's Lightweight Freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[2] won a silver medal in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[3] and was eliminated in the first round of the 2012 Olympic tournament by Malkhaz Zarkua of Georgia.[2] He won a bronze medal in the 60 kg event at the 2009 FILA Wrestling World Championships.[4] and a silver medal in the same discipline at the 2010 edition, losing to Besik Kudukhov of Russia in the final.[5] On 5 April 2017, it was announced that, as a result of retesting samples, he had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympics for a drug violation, and his silver medal withdrawn.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Bloom, Nate (2 August 2012). "The Olympics". The American Israelite. p. 18. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2012). "Vasyl Fedoryshyn Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Russia's Batirov wins 60 kg freestyle wrestling". Associated Press. 19 August 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Senior World Championships 2009 (FS/FW/GR)" (PDF). Results. International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Senior World Championships" (PDF). Results. International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ "I OC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

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