Taras Hryhoriyovych Danko (Тарас Григорійович Данько; born July 3, 1980, in
Kiev
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
, in the
Ukrainian SSR
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of the
Soviet Union
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) is a
Ukrainian wrestler, who has won a bronze medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
.
References
Taras Danko's profile at ESPN
External links
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Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
1980 births
Living people
Martial artists from Kyiv
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Ukrainian male sport wrestlers
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