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Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Medved (born 16 September 1937) is a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian retired freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body.[1] Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles.[2] He served as the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union in 1972, for Belarus in 2004 and recited the Judge's Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Olympics.[1][3]

Aleksandr Medved
Medved at the Opening Ceremony of the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born16 September 1937 (1937-09-16) (age 85)
Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubBurevestnik Minsk
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo97 kg
1968 Mexico City+97 kg
1972 Munich+100 kg
World Championships
1962 Toledo97 kg
1963 Sofia97 kg
1966 Toledo97 kg
1967 New Delhi+97 kg
1969 Mar del Plata+100 kg
1970 Edmonton+100 kg
1971 Sofia+100 kg
1965 Manchester97 kg
1961 Yokohama+87 kg
European Championships
1966 Karlsruhe +97 kg
1968 Sofia+97 kg
1972 Katowice +100 kg

Biography


According to Medved, his grandparents came from Russia; his grandmother was ca. 195 cm, and his grandfather was even taller. Medved was smaller, at 190 cm and 100+ kg, yet big enough to fit into his last name, which means bear in Russian (and with minor variations in Belarusian and Ukrainian languages).[4][5]

Between 1967 and 1972 Medved had a rivalry with Turkish-Bulgarian wrestler Osman Duraliev. They met eight times in the finals of major international championships and Medved won on all occasions.[2][6] He was close to losing at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia, where Duraliev led the match 4:3 with 43 seconds left. Yet Medved equalized the score and won the title because of his lower body weight.[7]

After retiring from competitions in 1972 Medved moved to Belarus, where he served with the Soviet Army in the late 1950s.[5] There he worked as a national coach and lectured at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. After the breakup of the Soviet Union he was appointed as vice-president of the Belarus Olympic Committee and of the Belarus Wrestling Federation. Previously he was awarded the Order of Lenin (1964), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1970) and Order of the Badge of Honour (1964, 1969, 1985). In 2001 he was chosen as the best Belorussian athlete of the 20th century and in 2003 became one of the first 10 inductees to the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is an honored citizen of Minsk, where since 1970s an annual wrestling tournament is held in his honor.[1][3][8][9]

Medved is married to Tatyana, they have a daughter Elena and son Aleksei. Elena was a Belarusian tennis champion, while Aleksei won a junior world title in wrestling in 1987.[9]


References


  1. Aleksandr Medved. FILA
  2. Medved, Alexander (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. Aleksandr Medved. sports-reference.com
  4. Tinovitski, Konstantin (10 July 1993) "Александр Медведь: Я такой в бабушку". Sport-Express
  5. Наши и Медведь. Лучший борец в истории спорта о карьере и жизни. Argumenty i Fakty (23 September 2015)
  6. Duraliev, Osman (BUL). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  7. Сребърния Осман остана 10 пъти втори Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. trud.bg (28 April 2011) (in Bulgarian)
  8. Alexander Medved. FILA
  9. Александр Медведь: я поставил жену перед выбором: возвращаешься по-хорошему или на плече унесу? (sport.mail.ru, 13.09.2012). wrestrus.ru (13 September 2012)


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Munich 1972		 Succeeded by

На других языках

- [en] Aleksandr Medved

[fr] Aleksandr Medved

Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Medved (en biélorusse : Алякса́ндр Васíлевiч Мядзве́дзь, en russe : Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Медве́дь; né le 16 septembre 1937 à Bila Tserkva en République socialiste soviétique d'Ukraine) est un lutteur soviético/russo-biélorusse célèbre. Il est considéré par beaucoup comme le meilleur lutteur libre de tous les temps. Il a été la première personne à gagner trois médailles d'or en lutte libre. La FILA a reconnu Medved comme le plus grand lutteur du XXe siècle en lutte libre (avec Alexander Karelin comme le plus grand lutteur en lutte gréco-romaine). Il a écrit deux livres sur le sport.

[it] Aleksandr Medved'

Aleksandr Vasil'evič Medved' (in russo: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Медве́дь? in bielorusso: Аляксандр Васілевіч Мядзведзь?, traslitterato: Aljaksandr Vasilevič Mjadzvedz'; Bila Cerkva, 16 settembre 1937) è un ex lottatore sovietico specializzato nella lotta libera, che è stato nominato dalla Federazione Internazionale delle Lotte Associate (FILA) come "uno dei più grandi lottatori della storia"[1].

[ru] Медведь, Александр Васильевич

Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Медве́дь (белор. Аляксандр Васілевіч Мядзведзь: род. 16 сентября 1937[1][2], Белая Церковь, Киевская область) — советский белорусский спортсмен, борец вольного стиля, трёхкратный олимпийский чемпион, многократный чемпион мира, Европы и СССР. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1963), автор двух книг по борьбе. Обыгрывал одного и того же спортсмена (Османа Дуралиева) в финалах престижных соревнований 8 раз[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Вице-президент НОК Республики Беларусь.


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