Artem Surkov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is 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.

Artem Surkov
Артём Сурков

Artem Surkov (in red) vs. Alejandro Sancho at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Artem Olegovich Surkov
National team	Russia
Born	(1993-10-15) 15 October 1993 (age 31)[1] Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling[1]
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	Russian Air Force Sport Club Aleksey Mishin Wrestling Academy
Coached by	Viktor Ermoshin, Sergey Egorkin and Vasily Ermakov
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Russia World Championships 2018 Budapest 67 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 67 kg 2015 Las Vegas 66 kg 2017 Paris 66 kg European Championships 2017 Novi Sad 66 kg 2018 Kaspiysk 67 kg 2019 Bucharest 67 kg World Cup 2017 Abadan 66 kg 2015 Tehran 66 kg European Games 2015 Baku 66 kg Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 67 kg Ivan Poddubny Memorial 2018 Krasnodar 67 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny 2016 Tyumen 66 kg 2014 Tyumen 66 kg Golden Grand Prix Baku 2016 Baku 66 kg European Nations Cup 2015 Moscow 66 kg Oleg Karavaev Memorial 2014 Minsk 66 kg 2015 Minsk 66 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]