Vasyl Mykhailov

Ukrainian freestyle wrestler

Vasyl Mykhailov
Personal information
Native nameВасиль Михайлов
Birth nameVasyl Mykhailov
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1995-06-24) 24 June 1995 (age 28)
Tarutyne, Bolhrad Raion, Ukraine
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class74–79 kg
EventFreestyle
Clubsports school #14 (Odesa)
Achievements and titles
World finalsBronze (2022) Bronze (2023)
Regional finalsGold (2023) Bronze (2020)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 79 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 79 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 79 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 79 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 79 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Alexandria 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 79 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Warsaw 79 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 79 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia 74 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 74 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Szombathely 70 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Corum 70 kg
European Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Istanbul 66 kg
World Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Baku 46 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Warsaw 42 kg
Men's beach wrestling
World Beach Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 80 kg
World Beach Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sarigerme 80 kg

Vasyl Mykhailov (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлов, born 24 June 1995) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[2][3] He represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]

Career

In 2016, Mykhailov won the silver medal in the men's 70 kg event at the World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.[6] A year later, he competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[7] In the same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 74 kg event at the 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

In 2019, Mykhailov represented Ukraine at the World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar and he won the bronze medal in the men's 80 kg beach wrestling event.[8]

In 2020, Mykhailov won one of the bronze medals in the men's 79 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9][10] In May 2021, he qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][11] In June 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 79 kg event at the 2021 Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial held in Warsaw, Poland.[12]

Mykhailov competed in the men's 74 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

In 2022, Mykhailov won the gold medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[13] He won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Mykhailov lost his bronze medal match in the men's 86 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[14] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[15] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[15]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Freestyle 79 kg
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 79 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 1st Freestyle 79 kg

References

  1. ^ a b "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ Shepherd, Neil (15 February 2020). "Triple gold for Russia on penultimate day of European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b Shefferd, Neil (6 May 2021). "Twelve freestyle wrestlers seal Tokyo 2020 places on first day of UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Freestyle Results" (PDF). 2016 World University Wrestling Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  9. ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 December 2020). "Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  11. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  12. ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  14. ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  15. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

  • Wasyl Mychajłow at the International Wrestling DatabaseEdit on Wikidata
  • Wasyl Mychajłow at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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