Mykola Kuchmii ( uk, Микола Кучмій) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a bronze medalist at the

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Career

Kuchmii represented Ukraine at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan. He competed in the 130 kg event where he lost his first match against

Sabah Shariati , nationality = Iranian/Azerbaijan , birth_date = , birth_place = Sanandaj, Iran , death_date = , death_place = , height = 192 cm , weight = 130 kg , website = , country = Azerbaijan , style = Greco-Roman , ...

of Azerbaijan. He was then eliminated by

Iakob Kajaia Iakob Kajaia ( ka, იაკობ ქაჯაია; born September 28, 1993) is a Georgia (country), Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, men's Greco-Roman 130 kg ...

of Georgia in the first match of the repechage. In June 2019, he lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus but he was awarded this medal in November of that year after the disqualification of gold medalist Kiryl Hryshchanka of Belarus. In 2020, Kuchmii won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the

held in Rome, Italy. In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In January 2021, Kuchmii won the silver medal in the 130 kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He did not qualify at this tournament and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuchmii, Mykola Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Ukrainian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen