Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chekhirkin (russian: Александр Константинович Чехиркин; born 13 March 1986) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-times national champion, having won in 2009, 2017 and 2018. Internationally, Chekhirkin won the

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, defeating 2012 Olympic silver medallist

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in the final. He was originally runner-up at the

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, losing to

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n wrestler Viktor Nemeš, but his medal was later stripped off due to doping (glucocorticoid).Russian wrestler Alexander Chekhirkin tests positive for banned drug, stripped of World Championships silver
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he earned the gold medal for the

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at 77 kilos. In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

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