Ivan Ishchenko

Ivan Ivanovych Ishchenko (Ukrainian: Іван Іванович Іщенко; born May 19, 1980, in Mykolaiv) is an amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category.^[1] He won a silver medal for his division at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, losing out to Russia's Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov.^[2] Ishchenko is a member of the wrestling team for Dynamo-Osvita Mykolaïv, and is coached and trained by Ruslan Savlokhov.

Ivan Ishchenko

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Ivanovych Ishchenko
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1980-05-19) 19 May 1980 (age 45) Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Dynamo-Osvita Mykolaïv
Coached by	Ruslan Savlokhov
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Ukraine European Championships 2006 Moscow 120 kg

Ishchenko represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 120 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Turkey's Aydın Polatçı, with a three-set technical score (3–0, 0–1, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.^[3]