Oleh Mykolaiovych Kucherenko (; born December 20, 1968), also known as Oleg Kutscherenko, is a Ukrainian and German

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

, born in Krasnyi Luch,

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Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

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(now Khrustalnyi, Ukraine). The Ensign of the Reserves Oleh Kucherenko represented the

Ukrainian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are the Military, military forces of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the president of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rad ...

.Olympic glory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
www.mil.gov.ua He won an Olympic gold medal in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

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.«Незалежний» український спорт: від першого гімну на Олімпіаді до наймолодшого чемпіона Європи
www.radiosvoboda.org. 24 August 2019 He competed for Germany at the 1996 Olympics.

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* 1968 births Living people People from Krasnyi Luch Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Unified Team Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic wrestlers for Germany Soviet male sport wrestlers Ukrainian emigrants to Germany World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen 20th-century German sportsmen {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub