Sergey Viktorovich Semenov ( rus, Сергей Викторович Семёнов, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej sʲɪˈmʲɵnəf; born 10 August 1995) is a Russian

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who competed at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

in the 130 kg weight category. In the semifinals he lost to

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of Cuba (0–3). In the bronze medal match he beat Heiki Nabi of Estonia (6–0). Semenov won the 2017 U23 World Championships. He is a 2017 World Cup gold medalist and a two-time silver medalist. Semenov won the

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defeating American

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in the final, 9–0. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 130 kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 130 kg event.

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