Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937)

Boris Gurevich
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Middleweight

Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; born February 2, 1937) is a former Soviet wrestler.[1][2]

Gurevich, who is Jewish, was born in Kiev, 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. 1 2 3 4 "Boris Michail Gurevitch". JewishSports.net. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-028-8. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Boris Gurevitch". JewsInSports.org. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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