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Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler.[1][2]
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Representing  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 |
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 Kyiv, 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]
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
- List of select Jewish wrestlers
References
- "Boris Michail Gurevitch". JewishSports.net. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- 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"?
- "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.
External links
- Boris Michailowitsch Gurewitsch at the International Wrestling Database
- Boris Gurevich at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- 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.
 Olympic Champions in freestyle middleweight | |
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World Champions in freestyle light heavyweight (92 kg) | |
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World Champions in freestyle middleweight (86 kg) | |
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- [en] Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937)
[fr] Boris Gurevich
Boris Mikhailovich Gurevich, né le 23 février 1937 à Kiev en Ukraine et mort le 11 novembre 2020[1] à Deerfield (Illinois)[2], est un lutteur concourant pour l'URSS.[ru] Гуревич, Борис Михайлович
Бо́рис Миха́йлович Гуре́вич (23 февраля 1937, Киев — 11 ноября 2020[1], Дирфилд[d]) — советский борец вольного стиля, олимпийский чемпион 1968 года, заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1967).Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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