Pavel Pinigin

Pavel Pinigin
Medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Montreal Lightweight
World Championships
Gold 1975 Minsk 68 kg
Gold 1977 Lausanne 68 kg
Gold 1978 Mexico City 68 kg

Pavel Pinigin (Russian: Павел Павлович Пинигин; born 12 March 1953) is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also three times world champion in freestyle wrestling.

Olympics

Pinigin competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the lightweight class.[1]

References

  1. "Profile: Pavel Pinigin". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 January 2009.