Artem Surkov

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{family name hatnote|Olegovich|Surkov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Artem Surkov
Артём Сурков

| image = Spc. Alejandro Sancho wrestles at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (51356884544).jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Artem Surkov (in red) vs. Alejandro Sancho at the 2020 Summer Olympics

| fullname = Artem Olegovich Surkov

| national_team = {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

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| residence =

| sport = Wrestling

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|10|15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.baku2015.com/athletes/athlete/SURKOV-Artem-1004252/index.html?intcmp=ev-brackets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165032/http://www.baku2015.com/athletes/athlete/surkov-artem-1004252/index.html?intcmp=ev-brackets|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2017|publisher=baku2015.com|title=Surkov bio's|accessdate=7 September 2015}}

| birth_place = Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia

| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| country = {{RUS}}

| event = Greco-Roman

| collegeteam =

| club = Russian Air Force Sport Club
Aleksey Mishin Wrestling Academy

| team =

| turnedpro =

| coach = Viktor Ermoshin, Sergey Egorkin and Vasily Ermakov

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

{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Budapest|67 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Nur-Sultan|67 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Las Vegas|66 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Paris|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Novi Sad|66 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Kaspiysk|67 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Bucharest|67 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Abadan|66 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Tehran|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Games}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Baku|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Military World Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Wuhan|67 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Ivan Poddubny Memorial}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Krasnodar|67 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Tyumen|66 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Tyumen|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Golden Grand Prix Baku}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Baku|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Nations Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Moscow|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Oleg Karavaev Memorial}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Minsk|66 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Minsk|66 kg}}

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}}

Artem Olegovich Surkov ({{langx|ru|Артём Олегович Сурков}}; born 15 October 1993){{cite web|url= http://www.wrestrus.ru/users/5131|title= Artem Surkov in wrestrus|publisher= wrestrus.ru|accessdate= 7 September 2015|archive-date= 17 November 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022633/http://www.wrestrus.ru/users/5131|url-status= dead}} 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.{{cite web |url= http://www.baku2015.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-66kg/index.html?intcmp=sr-bysport-gridview |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150620162931/http://www.baku2015.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-66kg/index.html?intcmp=sr-bysport-gridview |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 20 June 2015 |title=Surkov is European Games gold medalist |publisher= baku2015.com |accessdate=14 June 2015}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/chempionat_mira_po_bor_be_2015/las_vegas_2015_sostav_sbornoj_rossii_po_greko_rimskoj_zhenskoj_i_vol_noj_bor_be|title=Surkov is World Team member|publisher=wrestrus.ru|accessdate=6 September 2015}} where he beat Migran Arutyunyan in the bronze medal match.

At the European Wrestling Championships 2018, he won a gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://studio21.ru/surkov-pobedil-na-che-v-kaspiyske-v-kategorii-do-67-kg/|title=Сурков победил на ЧЕ в Каспийске в категории до 67 кг|website=studio21.ru|date=2 May 2018|language=ru|trans-title=Surkov won the European Championship in Kaspiysk in the category up to 67 kg}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

He is married and has a son.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/chempionat_mira_2018/u_artjoma_surkova_rodilsja_sin_rozhdenie_sina_i_chempionskij_pojas_v_odin_den|title=Surkov has a son|publisher=wrestrus.ru|accessdate=27 October 2018}}

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