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'''Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik''' (also '''Hryhoriy Oleksandrovych Hamarnik'''; original name: Григорий Александрович Гамарник; born April 22, 1929) is a former Soviet world champion wrestler.<ref name="sports-reference1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/grigory-gamarnik-1.html |title=Grigory Gamarnik Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/hryhoriy-hamarnik-1.html |title=Hryhoriy Hamarnik Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2011}}</ref>
'''Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik''' (also '''Hryhoriy Oleksandrovych Hamarnik'''; original name: Григорий Александрович Гамарник; born April 22, 1929) is a former Soviet world champion wrestler.<ref name="sports-reference1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/grigory-gamarnik-1.html |title=Grigory Gamarnik Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/hryhoriy-hamarnik-1.html |title=Hryhoriy Hamarnik Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812210711/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/hryhoriy-hamarnik-1.html |archivedate=August 12, 2011 |df= }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Gamarnik is Jewish, and was born in [[Zinovievsk]] (today's Kropyvnytskyi), Ukraine, in the Soviet Union.<ref name="sports-reference1" /><ref name="yivoencyclopedia1">{{cite web |url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR |author=Uri Miller |title=Jews in Sport in the USSR |publisher=Yivo Encyclopedia |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2011}}</ref> He was trained by USSR wrestling trainer German Sandler.
Gamarnik is Jewish, and was born in [[Zinovievsk]] (today's Kropyvnytskyi), Ukraine, in the Soviet Union.<ref name="sports-reference1" /><ref name="yivoencyclopedia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR |author=Uri Miller |title=Jews in Sport in the USSR |publisher=Yivo Encyclopedia |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429023935/http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR |archivedate=April 29, 2015 |df= }}</ref> He was trained by USSR wrestling trainer German Sandler.


===Wrestling career===
===Wrestling career===
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==External links==
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Grigory Gamarnik
Григорий Александрович Гамарник
Born
Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik

April 22, 1929
NationalityUkraine
CitizenshipUSSR
OccupationWrestler
Known forWorld champion in 67 kg. Greco-Roman wrestling (1955)
Height5 ft 7 in (171 cm)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1955 Karlsruhe Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1958 Budapest Welterweight
USSR Championships
Gold medal – first place 1953
Gold medal – first place 1956
Gold medal – first place 1957
Gold medal – first place 1958

Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik (also Hryhoriy Oleksandrovych Hamarnik; original name: Григорий Александрович Гамарник; born April 22, 1929) is a former Soviet world champion wrestler.[1][2]

Biography

Gamarnik is Jewish, and was born in Zinovievsk (today's Kropyvnytskyi), Ukraine, in the Soviet Union.[1][3] He was trained by USSR wrestling trainer German Sandler.

Wrestling career

In 1948, he won second place in light middleweight class wrestling, at the All-Union Youth Contests in the USSR.[4]

Gamarnik was world lightweight (67 kg) Greco-Roman wrestling champion at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships in Karlsruhe, Germany, beating out silver medalist Kyösti Lehtonen of Finland and bronze medalist Gustav Freij of Sweden.[1][5][6][7] He came in second in the 1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in welterweight (73 kg) Greco-Roman wrestling, behind gold medalist Kazim Ayvaz of Turkey and ahead of bronze medalist Valeriu Bularca of Romania.[1][5][6][7]

He came in fifth in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in men's welterweight Greco-Roman wrestling.[1][7] He was also a USSR wrestling champion in 1953, and in 1956–58.[3][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Grigory Gamarnik Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Hryhoriy Hamarnik Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Uri Miller. "Jews in Sport in the USSR". Yivo Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ V. S. Mert︠s︡alov (1958). Biographic directory of the USSR. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Who's who in the USSR. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. 1961. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Ralph Hickok (October 2, 2011). "Sports History – World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships". HickokSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c "Garmanik, Grigori". International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  8. ^ Herman Branover; Isaiah Berlin; Zeev Wagner (1998). The Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry: Biographies. Jason Aronson. ISBN 0-7657-9981-2. Retrieved November 9, 2011.