Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich

Medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Mexico City Middleweight

Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also "Gurevitsch"; born February 2, 1937) is a former Soviet wrestler.[1][2]

Gurevich, who is Jewish, was born in Kiev, in what is now Ukraine.[1][2]

Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City.[1][2][3] He finished ahead of silver medalist Jigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia and bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria.[4]

He won a silver medal at the 1961 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the 1969 World Wrestling Championships at 90 kilograms.[1]

He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[3]

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