Andrey Shumilin

Andrey Shumilin

Shumilin in 1999
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ankara 130 kg freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Tehran 130 kg freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Toronto 130 kg freestyle
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Minsk 130 kg freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 130 kg freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań 130 kg freestyle

Andrey Anatolyevich Shumilin (Russian: Андрей Анатольевич Шумилин; 9 March 1970 – 8 June 2022)[1] was a Russian wrestler. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and came fourth in the super-heavyweight freestyle event.[2]

Wrestling career

Shumilin was born in Kaliningrad, Russian SFSR. In 1980, his father brought him to the junior sports school. At 16 years old he was already a master of sports of the USSR. In the 1986 he won the USSR championship and the Juniors' World championship. The next year Shumilin repeated his success – he was already double Juniors' World champion. In 1989 he was junior's European champion. From 1990 he was a regular member of the Russian national wrestling team.

References

  1. ^ В Германии умер депутат из Калининграда Андрей Шумилин (in Russian)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrey Shumilin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.