Vladimir Sinyavsky

Vladimir Sinyavsky
Personal information
Born	18 February 1932; Derhachi Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Died	27 December 2012 (aged 80)
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Lokomotiv Kyiv
Coached by	Armenak Yaltyryan
Medal record
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championships

Vladimir Ivanovich Synyavsky (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Синявський; 18 February 1932 – 27 December 2012) was a lightweight freestyle wrestler from Ukraine who won a world title in 1959 and placed second at the 1960 Olympics and 1961 World Championships.^[1]^[2] At the 1959 World Championships he won all his opponents by fall.^[3]

Sinyavsky took up wrestling in 1950, when he started to work at the Kharkiv Electromechanical Plant UkrElektroMash, and won the Soviet lightweight title in 1957–59 and 1961, finishing second in 1960. His left wrist was handicapped for life by an explosion during World War II.^[3] After retiring from competitions in 1966 he worked as a wrestling coach in Kyiv.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Volodymyr Syniavskiy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ Sinjawski, Wladimir (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
^ ^a ^b Вспоминая Владимира Синявского. ukrwrestling.com (18 February 2016)

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[sref-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Volodymyr Syniavskiy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[2] Sinjawski, Wladimir (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de

[r1-3] Вспоминая Владимира Синявского. ukrwrestling.com (18 February 2016)

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