Andriy Kvyatkovskyi ( uk, Андрій Квятковський, also

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Andrii Kviatkovskyi, born 2 February 1990 in Kalush) is a Ukrainian

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. He competed in the 66 kg event at the

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and

2016 Summer Olympics ) , 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 de ...

Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the second round, where he lost to

Akzhurek Tanatarov Akzhurek Dostykuly Tanatarov ( kz, Ақжүрек Достықұлы Таңатаров; born 3 September 1986) is a Kazakh freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was defeated in the semifinal round of the 66 kg freestyle event ...

. He competed in the freestyle 70 kg event at the

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; after defeating Nicolai Chireacov of

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in the round 16, he was eliminated by Azamat Nurykau of

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in quarterfinals. In May 2016, he was provisionally suspended due to use of

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. Later that decision was reverted. During the men's freestyle 65 kg quarterfinals of the

Kvyatkovskyi bit opponent

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on the forearm and attempted to injure Molinaro with a move designed to break his knee prior. At the

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he won the bronze medal at 70 kilos.

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* * * 1990 births Living people Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games People from Kalush, Ukraine Doping cases in wrestling Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast {{ukraine-martialart-bio-stub