Vyacheslav Oliynyk ( uk, В'ячеслав Олейник; born April 27, 1966) is a former Ukrainian

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 ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 17, 2008) He was born in Zhdanov,

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

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* 1966 births Living people Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Soviet male sport wrestlers Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Olympic medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Mariupol Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport alumni Chevaliers of the Order For Courage 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people Honorary Citizen of Ternopil {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub