Aleksandr Kazakevič

Aleksandr Kazakevič

Kazakevič with bronze medal, 2012
Personal information
Born	12 June 1986 (age 30) Vilnius, Lithuania
Medal record Men's wrestling Representing  Lithuania Olympic Games 2012 London Greco-Roman European Championships 2012 Belgrade Greco-Roman World Junior Championships 2005 Vilnius Greco-Roman European Junior Championships 2005 Greco-Roman European Cadet Championships 2003 Rostov Greco-Roman

Aleksandr Kazakevič (born 12 June 1986 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian Greco-Roman wrestler.

He participated in 2008 Summer Olympics^[1] and 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed at welterweight (66 kg). He lost to Mikhail Siamionau in his first match.^[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he moved up in weight class to middleweight (74 kg). He beat Peter Bacsi in his first match and Robert Rosengren in the quarterfinal before losing to Roman Vlasov in the semi-final. Because the person who beat him reached the final he was entered into the bronze medal repechage. In the repechage he beat Mark Madsen to win his bronze medal.^[3]

In 2014 Kazakevič was one of the contestants in Lithuanian version of reality show Celebrity Splash! called Šuolis!.^[4]

References

1. LTOK žurnalas
2. "60 - 66kg men results - Wrestling Greco-Roman - Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
3. "Greco-Roman 74 kg results - Wrestling - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
4. Olimpietis A. Kazakevičius apie meilę G. Lebedevai: bandžiau ją kalbinti ir anksčiau, bet turėjo vaikiną