Anatoly Roshchin
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Men's wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1972 Munich | Greco-Roman Heavyweight |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1968 Mexico City | Greco-Roman Heavyweight |
| | 1964 Tokyo | Greco-Roman Heavyweight |
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Roshchin (Russian: Анатолий Александрович Рощин, 10 March 1932 – 5 January 2016) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.
Roshchin was born in 1932 in the village Gaverdovo of Ryazan Oblast, USSR. He won silver medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, and a gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games. He was also a three-time World Champion (1963, 1969, 1970), one-time Europe Champion (1966) and five-time National Champion. He died in Saint Petersburg on 5 January 2016, aged 83.[1]
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