Adam Mikhaylovich Kurak (russian: Адам Михайлович Курак, born 26 June 1985 in

Yeniseysk Yeniseysk ( rus, Енисейск, p=jɪnʲɪˈsʲejsk) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. Population: 20,000 (1970). History Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a stockaded town—the first town on the Yenisei ...

) is a

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Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a gold medal at the national championships in 2009, a silver medal in 2010 and bronze medals in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he won a silver medal of the

2013 European Wrestling Championships The 2013 European Wrestling Championships were held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 19 March to 24 March 2013. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle (*) Romanian original silver medallist ...

. In 2014 at the Ivan Poddubny Golden Grand Prix won gold medal. Kurak won his first medal at a worlds at the

2015 World Wrestling Championships The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle M ...

, where he lost to

Rasul Chunayev Rasul Abakar oghlu Chunayev ( az, Rəsul Çunayev) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He was born 7 January 1991 in Yeni Şərif, Balakən, Azerbaijan, to Avar parents. He is a world champion and European vice-champion ...

but got back and won a bronze medal defeating Tsimur Berdyieu of

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. Kurak avenged his

loss to Chunayev, by defeating him in the

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and ultimately won the gold medal in the final match of the category. Kurak is international master of sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling

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* * 1985 births Living people Russian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Krai 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub