Leonid Spiridonov (born December 16, 1980 in

Kerdyom Kerdyom (russian: Кердём; sah, Күөрдэм, ''Küördem'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Zhemkonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Khangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Pokrovsk, the ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

. He lost bronze medal fight against

Sushil Kumar Sushil Kumar Solanki (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian wrestler. He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of 2012 London Olympics. His 2008 Olympic medal was second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb J ...

from

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and was ranked on 4-5th place. At Men's freestyle 66 kg at

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he was ranked on 4th place as well. He also pariticpated in

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

External links

Wrestler profile on beijing2008.com
Living people 1980 births Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers People from Yakutsk Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-wrestling-bio-stub Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Kazakhstani people 21st-century Kazakhstani people