Oleg Kutscherenko
Ukrainian-German wrestler
オレグ・クチェレンコ · 올레크 쿠체렌코
- Born
- 20 December 1968, Khrustalnyi
- Citizenship
- Germany, Soviet Union
- Sport
- amateur wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler
- Height
- 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 59 kg (130 lb)
Oleh Mykolaiovych Kucherenko (Ukrainian: Олег Миколайович Кучеренко; born December 20, 1968), also known as Oleg Kutscherenko, is a Ukrainian and German wrestler, born in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Khrustalnyi, Ukraine). The Ensign of the Reserves Oleh Kucherenko represented the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1992, competing for the Unified Team and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He became the first Olympian for whom was raised the Ukrainian national flag and sounded the Ukrainian state anthem.
He competed for Germany at the 1996 Olympics.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman light flyweight | ||
| 1996 Summer Olympics | 1996 |
Awards and honours
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q213162 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.