Andrey Samokhin

Andrey Samokhin
Personal information
Nationality  Kazakhstan
Born (1985-01-20) 20 January 1985
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club ZOP Alma-Ata
Coached by Nurgazin Rezbek

Andrey Samokhin (Kazakh: Андрей Самохин; born January 20, 1985 in Karaganda) is an amateur Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships in Jeju City, South Korea,[2] and silver at the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[3]

Samokhin represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Russia's Alexei Mishin, with a two-set technical score (1–2, 0–3), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]

References

  1. "Andrey Samokhin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. "Asian Championship: Greco-Roman seniors 2008-03-18 Jeju Island (KOR) – 84.0 kg". International Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. "Asian Championship: Greco-Roman seniors 2009-05-02 Pattaya (THA) – 84.0 kg". International Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. "Men's Greco-Roman 84kg (185 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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