Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich
This article is about the Soviet wrestler born in 1937. For the Soviet wrestler born in 1931, see Boris Maksovich Gurevich.
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Competitor for  Soviet Union
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| 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]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Boris Michail Gurevitch". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-028-8. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Gurevitch, Boris". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ↑ "Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.