Adam Mikhaylovich Kurak (Russian: Адам Михайлович Курак, born 26 June 1985 in Yeniseysk) is a Russian former Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a gold medal at the national championships in 2009, a silver medal in 2010 and bronze medals in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he won a silver medal of the 2013 European Wrestling Championships. In 2014 at the Ivan Poddubny Golden Grand Prix won gold medal. Kurak won his first medal at a worlds at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, where he lost to Rasul Chunayev but got back and won a bronze medal defeating Tsimur Berdyieu of Belarus. Kurak avenged his 2015 World Wrestling Championships loss to Chunayev, by defeating him in the 2018 European Wrestling Championships and ultimately won the gold medal in the final match of the category.[1]
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| Full name | Adam Mikhaylovich Kurak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1985 Yeniseysk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Krasnoyarsk GR Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kurak is international master of sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling
References
edit- ^ European Wrestling Championships 2018. "Kurak won Euro 2018". unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
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External links
edit- Adam Kurak at the International Wrestling Database
- Adam Kurak at the Russia Sport Wrestling Federation at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 October 2021) (in Russian)
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