Serhii Priadun
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| Full name | Serhii Anatoliyovych Priadun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tavira Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Vitali Karassov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Serhii Anatoliyovych Priadun (
New York City, New York, United States, and also represented his nation Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Priadun trained full-time for Tavira Wrestling Club in Simferopol
, under his personal coach Vitali Karassov.
Priadun qualified for the Ukrainian squad, as a 30-year-old, in the men's 120 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed fourth and guaranteed a spot on Ukraine's wrestling team from the World Championships, losing to Iran's Alireza Rezaei for the bronze medal.[2][3] Priadun lost two straight matches each to 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Alexis Rodríguez of Cuba (0–8) and Nestoras Batzelas of Greece (0–5) without obtaining a single point, leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing last out of 20 wrestlers in the final standings.[4][5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Serhii Priadun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (29 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Nynka, Andrew (20 August 2003). "Ukraine's Iryna Merleni is top female wrestler at World Championships". The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Трое из четырех украинских борцов стартуют успешно [Three out of four Ukrainian wrestlers had a successful start] (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
External links
- Serhii Priadun at the International Wrestling Database
- Serhii Priadun at Olympedia
