Yury Mildzihov

Yury Mildzihov
Personal information
Full name Yury Mildzihov
Nationality  Kyrgyzstan
Born June 15, 1968
Bishkek, Kirghiz SSR,
Soviet Union
Died February 25, 2008 (aged 39)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 116 kg (256 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Freestyle

Yury Mildzihov (Russian: Юрий Мильдзихов; June 15, 1968 February 25, 2008)[1] was an amateur Kyrgyz freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. He was born in Bishkek.[2]

Mildzihov qualified for the Kyrgyz squad in the men's 120 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by finishing fourth and receiving a berth from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3] He lost his opening match to neighboring Kazakhstan's Marid Mutalimov and endured a 4–0 defeat from U.S. wrestler and Olympic veteran Kerry McCoy, that left him injured on his left leg and unable to compete against Italy's Francesco Miano-Petta on his final bout of the prelim pool. Placing him at the bottom of the pool and sixteenth in the final standings, Mildzihov failed to advance to the quarterfinals.[4][5][6]

References

  1. Биография (in Russian). юхан. 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  2. "Yury Mildzihov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. Abbott, Gary (29 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling (The Mat). Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 60kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. Blockus, Gary (28 August 2004). "McCoy falls out of Games". The Morning Call. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. "McCoy makes winning start". BBC Sport. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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