| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for the Soviet Union | ||
| Men's wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Greco-Roman Bantamweight |
Oleg Karavayev (20 May 1936 – 23 August 1978) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion. He was born in Minsk.
He was Jewish.[1] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.[2] He was also 1958 and 1961 world champion, and USSR champion multiple times.[3]