Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937)
Medal record | ||
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Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing the Soviet Union | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1968 Mexico City | Middleweight | |
World Championships | ||
1961 Yokohama | Freestyle -87 kg | |
1967 Delhi | Freestyle -87 kg | |
1969 Mar del Plata | Freestyle -90 kg | |
European Championships | ||
1967 Istanbul | Freestyle -87 kg | |
1970 Berlin | Freestyle -90 kg |
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler.[1][2]
The figure of Boris Gurevich served as a model for the allegorical sculpture of the Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich "Let's Forge Swords into Plowshares", installed in 1957 in New York near the UN building.[3]
Gurevich, who was Jewish, was born in Kiev, Ukraine.[1][2]
Career
Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City.[1][2][4] He finished ahead of silver medalist Jigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia and bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria.[5][6]
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. He won a gold medal at the 1967 European Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the 1970 European Wrestling Championships at 90 kilograms.[1]
He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Boris Michail Gurevitch". JewishSports.net. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-028-8. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Какой спортсмен послужил прообразом скульптуры "Перекуем мечи на орала"?
- ^ a b "Boris Gurevitch". JewsInSports.org. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Borys Mykhailovych Hurevych (Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
External links
- Boris Michailowitsch Gurewitsch at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Boris Gurevich at Olympics.com
- Boris Gurevich at Olympedia
- Boris Gurevich at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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- 1908: Stanley Bacon (GBR)
- 1920: Eino Leino (FIN)
- 1924: Fritz Hagmann (SUI)
- 1928: Ernst Kyburz (SUI)
- 1932: Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1936: Émile Poilvé (FRA)
- 1948: Glen Brand (USA)
- 1952: David Tsimakuridze (URS)
- 1956: Nikola Stanchev (BUL)
- 1960: Hasan Güngör (TUR)
- 1964: Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1968: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1972: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1976: John Peterson (USA)
- 1980: Ismail Abilov (BUL)
- 1984: Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1988: Han Myung-woo (KOR)
- 1992: Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1996: Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
- 2000: Adam Saitiev (RUS)
- 2004: Cael Sanderson (USA)
- 2008: Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
- 2012: Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
- 2016: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2020: David Taylor (USA)
- 2024: Magomed Ramazanov (BUL)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1920: 75 kg
- 1924–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016–present: 86 kg