Aleksey Krupnyakov (born May 28, 1978) is a male freestyle wrestler from

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. He is a two-time Olympyian, competing in both the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Krupnyakov originally won his 2nd bronze medal at the

Wrestling World Championships The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...

in 2010, but was stripped after testing positive for steroids. During his 2-year suspension he competed in

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

, compiling a record of 5-0, finishing all opponents in the 1st round. He returned to wrestling in 2013.

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Bio on fila-wrestling.com
* Living people 1978 births Russian male sport wrestlers Kyrgyzstani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Kyrgyzstan Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kaliningrad Russian emigrants to Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games silver medalists for Kyrgyzstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kyrgyzstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub