Oleg Kutscherenko, also known as Oleh Kucherenko ( uk, Олег Миколайович Кучеренко; born December 20, 1968), is a Ukrainian and German

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 ...

, born in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. The Ensign of the Reserves Oleh Kucherenko represented the Ukrainian Armed Forces.Olympic glory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
www.mil.gov.ua He won an Olympic gold medal in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

in 1992, competing for the Unified Team and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He competed for Germany at the 1996 Olympics.

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* 1968 births Living people People from Krasnyi Luch Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of the Unified Team Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic wrestlers of Germany Soviet male sport wrestlers Ukrainian emigrants to Germany World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub