| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Soviet Union | ||
| Men's Freestyle wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1972 Munich | 100 kg |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 100 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1973 Tehran | 100 kg |
Ivan Yarygin (November 7, 1948 - October 11, 1997) was a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He became a coach following his competitive career and later he was the President of the Russian Wrestling Federation. He was killed in a car crash in 1997. In March 2002, a monument was dedicated to Yarygin in Krasnoyarsk.
Yarygin competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the 100 kg (220 lb) weight class.[1] He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2]