Artem Olegovich Surkov (Russian: Артём Олегович Сурков; born 15 October 1993)[2] is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. Senior World Champion 2018 and runner-up in 2019. He is bronze medalist Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny in the Greco-Roman men's 66 kg event. He competed at the European Games 2015 and in the final match he defeated Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia.[3] Also he won silver medal in World Greco-Roman Cup in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a member of the Russian team in 66 kg at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States,[4] where he beat Migran Arutyunyan in the bronze medal match.
At the European Wrestling Championships 2018, he won a gold medal.[5] He became world champion at 2018 World Wrestling Championships.
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and he lost his bronze medal match against Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed of Egypt in the 67 kg event.[6]
He is married and has a son.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Surkov bio's". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Artem Surkov in wrestrus". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ↑ "Surkov is European Games gold medalist". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Surkov is World Team member". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Сурков победил на ЧЕ в Каспийске в категории до 67 кг" [Surkov won the European Championship in Kaspiysk in the category up to 67 kg]. studio21.ru (in Russian). 2 May 2018.
- ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ↑ "Surkov has a son". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
External links
- Artem Surkov at the International Wrestling Database
- Artem Surkov at Olympedia