Oleg Kutscherenko

Oleh Mykolaiovych Kucherenko, also known as Oleg Kutscherenko, is a Ukrainian and German wrestler, born in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. The Ensign of the Reserves Oleh Kucherenko represented the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1992, competing for the Unified Team and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He became the first Olympian for whom was raised the Ukrainian national flag and sounded the Ukrainian state anthem.