Andriy Volodymyrovych Stadnik (Андрій Володимирович Стаднік, born 15 April 1982) is a male

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. He won a silver medal in the Men's freestyle 66kg event at the

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 ...

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. Andriy has been married to

Mariya Stadnik Mariya Stadnik ( uk, Марія Василівна Стадник; Mariya Vasylivna Stadnyk; born 3 June 1988) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler. She is a four-time Olympic medalist. Personal life Stadnik was born on 3 June 1988 i ...

, a

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who represents

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. His sister,

Yana Rattigan Yana Rattigan (born Yana Stadnyk; 20 January 1987 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian born wrestler who competes internationally for Great Britain and England. She competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships finishi ...

, is also a wrestler.

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* * * 1982 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ukrainian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub