Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler

Oleksandr Stepanovych Chernetskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Степанович Чернецький, also transliterated Chernetskyy, born February 17, 1984 in Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who wrestled for the men's super heavyweight category.

Career

He won a bronze medal for his category at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia. He is also a member of the wrestling club at CSKA Kiev, and is coached and trained by his father Stepan Chernetskyi.

Chernetskyi represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 120 kg cl*. He lost the qualifying round match to U.S. wrestler Dremiel Byers, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Chernetskyi with a single point.

He also competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

• Aleksander Chernetski at United World Wrestling
• Oleksandr Chernetskyy at the International Olympic Committee
• Oleksandr Chernetskyy at Olympics.com
• Oleksandr Chernetskiy at Olympedia
• Oleksandr Chernetskyi at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-01-05)