Oleksandr Daragan

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Oleksandr Daragan
Personal information
Full nameOleksandr Serhiyovych Darahan
Nationality 
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubDynamo Mariupol
Coached bySergey Daragan
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Patras 84 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Istanbul 84 kg

Oleksandr Serhiyovych Darahan (also Oleksandr Daragan,

Istanbul, Turkey.[2]
He is also a member of the wrestling team for Dynamo Mariupol, and is coached and trained by his father Sergey Daragan.

Daragan made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's 84 kg class, against Turkey's Hamza Yerlikaya, Bulgaria's Vladislav Metodiev, and Estonia's Tarvi Thomberg.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Daragan competed for the second time in the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Iran's Saman Tahmasebi, with a three-set technical score (0–4, 2–1, 0–3), and a classification point score of 1–3.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleksandr Daragan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. ^ "AP Sunday Story – Gardner Wins Greco-Roman Wrestling". The Mat. Associated Press. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original
    on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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