Anatoly Bykov (wrestler)

Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler

Anatoly Bykov

Kocsis vs. Bykov (right) at the 1980 Olympics

Personal information

Born

(1953-08-06) 6 August 1953 (age 71)
Magadan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

74 kg (163 lb)

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Club

Dynamo Almaty

Coached by

Viktor Yermakov^[1]

Medal record

Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	74 kg
	1980 Moscow	74 kg
World Championships
	1975 Minsk	74 kg
European Championships
	1978 Sofia	74 kg

Anatoly Mikhailovich Bykov (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Быков, born 6 August 1953) is a retired Soviet welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a world title in 1975 and an Olympic gold medal in 1976, and placed second at the 1978 European Championships and 1980 Olympics, both times behind Ferenc Kocsis.^[2]^[3]

Bykov lived for many years in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where in 1975 he married and graduated from the institute of physical education.^[4] He holds a Kazakhstani passport, but lives in Canada, where he works in building construction.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b Канадец Быков с казахстанским паспортом. gazeta.caravan.kz (16 September 2011)
^ Bykov, Anatoli (URS) Archived 22 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
^ "Anatoly Bykov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ Быков Анатолий Михайлович. Russian Wrestling Federation