Adam Kurak

Adam Mikhaylovich Kurak (Russian: Адам Михайлович Курак, born 26 June 1985 in Yeniseysk) is a Russian 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]

Adam Kurak
Personal information
Full nameAdam Mikhaylovich Kurak
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985
Yeniseysk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubKrasnoyarsk GR Club
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Las Vegas71 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Kaspiysk72 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Vantaa66 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Tbilisi66 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny
Gold medal – first place2014 Tymen66 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Tymen66 kg
Bronze medal – third place2011 Tymen66 kg

Kurak is international master of sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling

References
  1. European Wrestling Championships 2018. "Kurak won Euro 2018". unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved May 2, 2018.


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