Aleksandr Golovin (wrestler)
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| Full name | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 18, 1995 Novorossiysk, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 97 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | V.I. Kholodayev, I.I. Ivanov, V.V. Kumaritov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandr Golovin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Головин, born 18 September 1995) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the 97 kg weight class. He is a bronze medalist at both the 2019 European Games and the 2020 European Wrestling Championships. Golovin is also a two-time U23 World Champion and has won multiple national medals in Russia.
Career
[edit]Golovin began wrestling at the age of seven and became serious about the sport by age 14. He joined the Russian youth national team at 17.[1]
In 2016, Golovin won a silver medal at the Wrestling World Cup held in Shiraz, competing in the 97 kg category.[2]
He claimed a bronze medal at the 2019 European Games in Minsk.[3]
At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships in Rome, Golovin earned another bronze after defeating Czech wrestler Artur Omarov in the bronze medal match.[4]
In addition to his senior-level success, Golovin is a decorated age-group wrestler. He won gold at the U23 World Championships in 2017 (Bydgoszcz) and 2018 (Bucharest), and the U23 European Championships in 2018 (Istanbul).[5]
In 2021, he won the gold medal at the Military World Wrestling Championships in Tehran.[2]
Domestically, Golovin is the 2020 Russian national champion and has placed second in six other editions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "«Мама сказала — будешь борцом»: Александр Головин о том, как пришёл в спорт" (in Russian). Bloknot Novorossiysk. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Aleksandr Golovin – Athlete Profile". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Российский борец Головин завоевал бронзу Европейских игр" (in Russian). TASS. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Российский борец Головин выиграл бронзу на чемпионате Европы в весовой категории до 97 кг" (in Russian). tass.ru. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Athlete data – Aleksandr Golovin". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Aleksandr Golovin – Profile". Spornaya Rossiya. Retrieved 18 June 2019.