Sergei Mureiko (born 2 July 1970) is a retired heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler, who until 1996 represented

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and then

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. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1996. Between 1993 and 2004 he won 11 medals at the world and European championships, often losing to his main rival

Aleksandr Karelin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin ( rus, Александр Александрович Карелин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kəˈrʲelʲɪn; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin comp ...

. He won his only international title in 1997, in the absence of Karelin. Karelin considered Mureiko his most difficult opponent, and believed that he had much luck in their bouts.

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* 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Chișinău Moldovan male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Moldova Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova Olympic medalists in wrestling Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub