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| Full name | Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chekhirkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38) Rostov-on-Don, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Radnik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | R. A. Boltunov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chekhirkin (Russian: Александр Константинович Чехиркин; born 13 March 1986) is a Russian former Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-times national champion, having won in 2009, 2017 and 2018. Internationally, Chekhirkin won the 2014 European Wrestling Championships in Vantaa, Finland, defeating 2012 Olympic silver medallist Arsen Julfalakyan in the final. He was originally runner-up at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, losing to Serbian wrestler Viktor Nemeš, but his medal was later stripped off due to doping (glucocorticoid). At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships he earned the gold medal for the Russian Federation at 77 kilos.
In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
References
- Russian wrestler Alexander Chekhirkin tests positive for banned drug, stripped of World Championships silver
- Morgan, Liam (20 March 2021). "Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
External links
- Aleksander Chekhirkin at the International Wrestling Database
- Aleksandr Chekhirkin at United World Wrestling
- Aleksandr Chekhirkin at Olympics.com
- Aleksandr Chekhirkin at Olympedia (archive)
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- European Games gold medalists for Russia
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for Russia
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