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
EventGreco-Roman
ClubCSKA Kyiv[1]
Coached byYury Tsikolenko[1]
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
2011 Dortmund84 kg
2004 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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