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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]