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Career

He won 2 medals at the 2009 Summer Universiade for Russia. In 2011, he changed nationality and started to compete for Serbia. He won several medals for Serbia in international competitions. At the

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he won 7th place and secured participation at the 2012 Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the -90 kg category, beating Roméo Koné Kinapéya in the first round before losing to eventual silver medalist

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in the second.

References

External links

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1987 births Living people Olympic judoka for Serbia Serbian male judoka Russian male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Serbian sambo practitioners Serbian people of Russian descent Serbian people of Ukrainian descent Universiade medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Judoka at the 2015 European Games Sambo practitioners at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in sambo European Games bronze medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Naturalized citizens of Serbia People from Zlatoust Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast {{Serbia-sport-bio-stub