Oleksandr Stepanovych Chernetskyi ( uk, Олександр Степанович Чернецький, also transliterated Chernetsʼkyy or Chernetskyy, born February 17, 1984, in

Dolyna Dolyna ( uk, Доли́на, pl, Dolina, yi, דאלינע) is a city located in Kalush Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) in south-western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dolyna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Popul ...

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who wrestled for the men's super heavyweight category.

Career

He won a bronze medal for his category at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships in

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. He is also a member of the wrestling club at CSKA Kiev, and is coached and trained by his father Stepan Chernetskyi. Chernetskyi represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 120 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to U.S. wrestler Dremiel Byers, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Chernetskyi with a single point. He also competed for Ukraine at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He competed in the 130kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists People from Dolyna Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub Births in Dolyna