Vasyl Rachyba

Vasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba (Ukrainian: Василь Дмитрович Рачиба; born January 27, 1982, in Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1][2] He defeated Russia's Alan Khugayev for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[3] Rachyba is also a member of the wrestling team for CSKA Kyiv, and is coached and trained by Yury Tsikolenko.[1]

Vasyl Rachyba
Personal information
Full nameVasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1982-01-27) 27 January 1982
Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubCSKA Kyiv[1]
Coached byYury Tsikolenko[1]
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Dortmund84 kg
Silver medal – second place2004 Haparanda74 kg

Rachyba represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He defeated Tunisian wrestler and two-time Olympian Haykel Achouri in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Georgia's Vladimer Gegeshidze, with a three-set technical score (1–2, 3–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]

References
  1. "Vasyl Rachyba". London 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasyl Rachyba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. Cullen, Jessica (4 April 2011). "Russia wins two Greco-Roman titles at European Championship". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. "Men's 84kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.


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