Dmitrij Gerasimenko ( sr-cyr, Дмитриј Герасименко, russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Герасименко; born 1 October 1987 in

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competitor of

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Career

He won 2 medals at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

for Russia. In 2011, he changed nationality and started to compete for Serbia. He won several medals for Serbia in international competitions. At the

2012 European Judo Championships The 2012 European Judo Championships were held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia, from 26 to 29 April 2012. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men –60 kg –66 kg –73 kg –81 kg –90 ...

he won 7th place and secured participation at the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the -90 kg category, beating Roméo Koné Kinapéya in the first round before losing to eventual silver medalist

Asley González Asley González (born 5 September 1989 in Caibarién) is a Cuban judoka. He won the 2013 World Championship in the −90 kg event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 90 kg competition. Career At the 2008 O ...

in the second.

References

External links

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1987 births Living people Olympic judoka for Serbia Serbian male judoka Russian male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Serbian sambo practitioners Serbian people of Russian descent Serbian people of Ukrainian descent Universiade medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Judoka at the 2015 European Games Sambo practitioners at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in sambo European Games bronze medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Naturalized citizens of Serbia People from Zlatoust Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast {{Serbia-sport-bio-stub