Ivan Yarygin

Ivan Yarygin

Personal information
Native name	Иван Сергеевич Ярыгин
Full name	Ivan Sergeyevich Yarygin
Born	(1948-11-07)7 November 1948 Ust-Kamzas, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Died	11 October 1997(1997-10-11) (aged 48) Neftekumsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Men's Freestyle wrestling Olympic Games 1972 Munich 100 kg 1976 Montreal 100 kg World Championships 1973 Tehran 100 kg European Championships 1970 Berlin 100 kg 1972 Katowice 100 kg 1974 Madrid 100 kg 1975 Ludwigshafen 100 kg 1976 Leningrad 100 kg
Updated on 26 September 2015.

Ivan Sergeivich Yarygin (7 November 1948 – 11 October 1997) was a former Soviet - Russian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. A multiple World Cup winner in the United States, he became a coach following his competitive career and later he was the President of the Russian Wrestling Federation.

Biography

Born in Ust-Kamzas, Kemerovo Oblast,^[1] 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.^[2] He also won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.^[3]

Yarygin was killed in a car crash in 1997. In March 2002, a monument was dedicated to Yarygin in Krasnoyarsk. A commemorative international tournament, the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin, takes place every year in Krasnoyarsk in mid-winter.

Yarygin was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.^[1]

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