Denis Forov
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| Born | 3 December 1984 Zhmerynka, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Torpedo Moscow | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vladimir Uruimagov Samvel Gevorgyan | ||||||||||||||
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Denis Mikolayovich Forov (Armenian: Դենիս Ֆորով, born 3 December 1984) is a retired Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He was on the Ukrainian national wrestling team as a cadet and the Russian national wrestling team as a junior.[1]
He became a Junior European CHampion in 2002 and a Junior World Champion in 2003. Forov won a silver medal at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's Greco-Roman 84 kg division.[2][3]
Forov was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 Wrestling World Cup.[4] The Armenian team came in third place.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Athlete informations". www.fila-official.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denis Forov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armenia at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ↑ "2010 FILA World Cup Results" (PDF). www.fila-official.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ↑ "World Cup, Greco-Roman Seniors, 2010-02-13 Yerevan (ARM)". www.fila-official.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- Denis Forov at the International Wrestling Database
- Denis Forov at Olympedia
- Denis Forov at Olympics.com
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