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Full name | Yevhenii V'iacheslavovych Orlov | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 30 January 1989|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Website | http://orlov.team/ | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Ukraina Dnipropetrovsk[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Oleksii Valdaiev[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yevhenii V'iacheslavovych Orlov (also Evgeni Orlov, Ukrainian: Євгеній В'ячеславович Орлов; born January 30, 1989, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in his respective division at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and silver at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.[3][4] Orlov is also a member of the wrestling team for Ukraina Dnipropetrovsk, and is coached and trained by Oleksii Valdaiev.[1]
Orlov represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 120 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Turkish wrestler and two-time Olympian Rıza Kayaalp, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Orlov without a single point.[5][6]