Artem Surkov

Artem Olegovich Surkov (Russian: Артём Олегович Сурков; born 15 October 1993)[2] is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. Senior World Champion 2018 and runner-up in 2019. He is bronze medalist Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny in the Greco-Roman men's 66 kg event. He competed at the European Games 2015 and in the final match he defeated Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia.[3] Also he won silver medal in World Greco-Roman Cup in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a member of the Russian team in 66 kg at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States,[4] where he beat Migran Arutyunyan in the bronze medal match.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is Surkov.
Artem Surkov
Артём Сурков
Artem Surkov (in red) vs. Alejandro Sancho at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameArtem Olegovich Surkov
National team Russia
Born (1993-10-15) 15 October 1993[1]
Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)[1]
WebsiteOfficial Facebook Profile
Official VK Profile
Official Instagram Profile
Sport
Country Russia
SportWrestling[1]
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubRussian Air Force Sport Club
Aleksey Mishin Wrestling Academy
Coached byViktor Ermoshin, Sergey Egorkin and Vasily Ermakov
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2018 Budapest67 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan67 kg
2015 Las Vegas66 kg
2017 Paris66 kg
European Championships
2017 Novi Sad66 kg
2018 Kaspiysk67 kg
2019 Bucharest67 kg
World Cup
2017 Abadan66 kg
2015 Tehran66 kg
European Games
2015 Baku66 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan67 kg
Ivan Poddubny Memorial
2018 Krasnodar67 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny
2016 Tyumen66 kg
2014 Tyumen66 kg
Golden Grand Prix Baku
2016 Baku66 kg
European Nations Cup
2015 Moscow66 kg
Oleg Karavaev Memorial
2014 Minsk66 kg
2015 Minsk66 kg

At the European Wrestling Championships 2018, he won a gold medal.[5] He became world champion at 2018 World Wrestling Championships.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and he lost his bronze medal match against Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed of Egypt in the 67 kg event.[6]

He is married and has a son.[7]

References
  1. "Surkov bio's". baku2015.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. "Artem Surkov in wrestrus". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "Surkov is European Games gold medalist". baku2015.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. "Surkov is World Team member". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. "Сурков победил на ЧЕ в Каспийске в категории до 67 кг" [Surkov won the European Championship in Kaspiysk in the category up to 67 kg]. studio21.ru (in Russian). 2 May 2018.
  6. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. "Surkov has a son". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 27 October 2018.


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