Aliaksandr Kikiniou

{{short description|Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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| fullname = Aliaksandr Fiodaravich Kikiniou

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| nationality = {{BLR}}; {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Homelskay oblast, Zhlobin District, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union

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| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| style = Greco-Roman

| club = Dynamo Minsk

| coach = Siarhei Lishtvan

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling }}

{{MedalCountry | {{BLR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Herning | 74 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Baku | 74 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Belgrade |74 kg }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Vilnius | 74 kg }}

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Aliaksandr Fiodaravich Kikiniov ({{langx|be|Аляксандр Фёдаравіч Кікінёў}}; born 9 April 1980) is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's middleweight category.{{cite web |title=Aliaksandr Kikiniou |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kikiniou-aliaksandr-1039486/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=9 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128201759/www.london2012.com/athlete/kikiniou-aliaksandr-1039486/ |archive-date=28 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Aleksandr Kikinyov (full name: Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kikinyov) |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/aleksandr-kikinyov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/aleksandr-kikinyov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=9 December 2012}} He won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, defeating Germany's Konstantin Schneider.{{cite news |last=Abbott |first=Gary |title=Soryan and Vlasov win first two Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling golds in London |url=http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2012/olympics/main.php?page=showarticle&ArticleID=25405 |work=USA Wrestling |publisher=The Mat |date=5 August 2012 |access-date=9 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816033146/http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2012/olympics/main.php?page=showarticle&ArticleID=25405 |archive-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=dead }} He is also a three-time medalist at the European Championships.

Kikiniou made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 74 kg class.{{cite news |last=Abbott |first=Gary |title=Olympic Games preview at 74 kg/163 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman |url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10321 |work=USA Wrestling |publisher=The Mat |date=22 July 2004 |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002845/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10321 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} He lost two straight matches each to China's Sai Yinjiya (3–5) and Switzerland's Reto Bucher by a 2–3 score, leaving him on the bottom of the pool and placing fifteenth in the final standings.{{cite web |title=Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 74kg |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532786.stm |work=Athens 2004 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=23 September 2013}}{{cite news |title=Reto Bucher in Dreier-Vorrundengruppe |trans-title=Reto Bucher in the third preliminary pool |language=German |url=http://www.news.ch/Reto+Bucher+in+Dreier+Vorrundengruppe/188091/detail.htm |publisher=News.ch |date=24 August 2004 |access-date=5 June 2014}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kikiniou made an Olympic comeback from his eight-year absence, again in the 74 kg class. He reached the quarter-final round of the event, where he was outclassed by Armenia's Arsen Julfalakyan, who was able to score three technical points in two successive periods.{{cite web |title=Men's 74kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals |url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-74kg/match=wrm174303/index.html |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=9 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111035138/www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-74kg/match=wrm174303/index.html |archive-date=2013-01-11 |url-status=dead }} Because Julfalakyan advanced further into the final match against Russia's Roman Vlasov, Kikiniou was offered another shot for an Olympic bronze medal through the repechage bouts. He first defeated Kyrgyzstan's Daniar Kobonov, but lost the bronze medal match to Azerbaijan's Emin Ahmadov, who formidably pushed him out of the wrestling mat in the third period, with a 2–3 decision.{{cite web |title=Men's 74kg Greco-Roman Bronze Medal |url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-74kg/match=wrm174252/index.html |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=9 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030132006/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-74kg/match=wrm174252/index.html |archive-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

In 2024, he qualified for the World Championships, representing USA.[https://www.themat.com/news/2024/september/15/hafizov-kikiniou-koontz-peak-make-u-s-senior-world-team-in-greco-roman Hafizov, Kikiniou, Koontz, Peak make U.S. Senior World Team in Greco-Roman]