Igors Samusonoks (born November 6, 1972, in the
Soviet Union) is a former competitor in
freestyle wrestling who represented
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
.
Olimpiskās ziņas
Diena
''Diena'' (''The Day'') is a Latvian language national daily newspaper in Latvia, published since 23 November 1990. It is one of Latvia's largest daily periodicals and used to be considered as a paper of record. Following the change of ownersh ...
, 29 September 2000 He finished in 12th place at 85 kg.
At the junior level, Igors was a world champion in 1990. At the senior level, he represented Latvia at the World Wrestling Championships seven times from 1991 to 2003. His highest placing was 10th in 1991. Another major accomplishment was winning a silver medal at the 1999 European Championships.
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1972 births
Living people
Latvian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Latvia
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
European Wrestling Championships medalists
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