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Roman Rurua

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Roman Rurua
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Featherweight
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Featherweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Toledo Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1967 Bucharest Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1969 Mar del Plata Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edmonton Lightweight

Roman Rurua (born 25 November 1942) is a former Soviet greco-roman wrestler and Olympic Champion.

He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class.[1] At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he won a silver medal. He is four time world champion in 1966, 1967,1969, 1970 years.

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Roman Rurua". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
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