Vasyl Petrovych Fedoryshyn ( uk, Васи́ль Петро́вич Федори́шин; born 31 March 1981) is a male

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, who competes in the men's -60 kg freestyle division.

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Fedoryshyn was born in Kalush,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. He competed in wrestling at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...

. Fedoryshyn finished fourth in the Men's Lightweight Freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, won a silver medal in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was eliminated in the first round of the 2012 Olympic tournament by

Malkhaz Zarkua Malkhaz Zarkua ( ka, მალხაზ ზარქუა; born 19 February 1986 in Zugdidi) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the freestyle 60 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Vasyl Fedoryshyn in the 1/8 fin ...

of Georgia. He won a bronze medal in the 60 kg event at the 2009 FILA Wrestling World Championships. and a silver medal in the same discipline at the 2010 edition, losing to

Besik Kudukhov Besik Serodinovich Kudukhov (russian: Бесик Серoдинович Кудухов, os, Къудухты Серодины фырт Бесик; 15 August 1986 – 29 December 2013) was a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. He w ...

of Russia in the final. On 5 April 2017, it was announced that, as a result of retesting samples, he had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympics for a drug violation, and his silver medal withdrawn.

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* 1981 births Living people People from Kalush, Ukraine Ukrainian Jews Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Ukraine Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games wrestlers Maccabiah Games competitors for Ukraine Ukrainian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Doping cases in wrestling Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub

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