Anatoly Bykov (wrestler)
Anatoly Mikhailovich Bykov (Russian Анатолий Михайлович Быков; born August 6, 1953 in Magadan ) is a former Soviet wrestler. He was Olympic champion in 1976 in Greco-Roman wrestling in the welterweight division.
Career
Anatoly Bykov, a straw- blond Russian who began as a teenager in 1966 in Kazakhstan with the rings. After his great talent was discovered for this sport, he became Dinamo Alma- Ata (now Almaty) delegated where it is formed by trainer W. Yermakov an outstanding wrestler in the Greco- röm.Stil.
As early as 1970 he took part in the Junior European Championships in part ( Juniors = up to 18 years ) in Huskvarna and finished second in the class up to 65 kg body weight 3rd place behind Supron Andrzej from Poland and Mikko Huhtala from Finland. In the years 1971 and 1973, he was then in Tokyo and Miami each Junior World Champion ( Espois = to age 20 ) in a lightweight.
In the senior to him in 1975 for the first time succeeded in winning the Soviet Championship welterweight. He was the successor of such great rounders like Viktor Igumenow and Shamil Chisamutdinow. That same year, took place at the World Championships in Minsk also the first use of Anatoly Bykov at an international championship. He justified the confidence placed in him, for he was in Minsk with five wins now world champion.
In the very next year he was the greatest victory achieved at the Olympic Games in Montreal in his career. He was Olympic champion in the welterweight division. In Montreal, he among others celebrated Victories over the class athletes Karl -Heinz Helbing from Germany, Klaus -Peter Goepfert from the GDR and Vitezslav Macha from Czechoslovakia.
In 1977, Anatoly Bykov was not in good shape at the 1975 and 1976. This was also in the World Cup this year in Gothenburg, after he was not used at the European Championships. In Gothenburg, he won, among others, although again about Klaus -Peter Goepfert and Janko Shopov from Bulgaria, but was defeated by Vitezslav Macha and Hungary Ferenc Kocsis, who was in the years to its main competitors.
Anatoly Bykov 1978 was defeated in the final of the European Championships in Oslo again against Ferenc Kocsis, finishing in 2nd place. In the same year he reached the 2nd place in the welterweight behind the new man Vyacheslav Mkrtytschew and before Aliyev and Vladimir Niftulajew Zemkow at the Soviet Championship. But with the Second Spartakiade of the USSR in 1979, he came up behind Suren Nalbandian, the booting as a guest Czechs Vitezslav Macha and Aliev Niftulajew only on the 4th Place. This meant that in 1979 he was employed with no international championships.
In 1980 he succeeded but to qualify for the Olympic Games in Moscow. There had Anatoly Bykov made seven tough fights. He won it, inter alia, but on his old rivals Vitezslav Macha, Lennart Lundell from Sweden, Mikko Huhtala and Janko Shopov, defeated again in the final against Ferenc Kocsis and so won the silver medal.
After these games Anatoly Bykov resigned as an active wrestler. He trained as a physical education teacher and is now working as a wrestler and fitness trainer.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greek and Roman. Style, Le = Lightweight, We = welterweight, then to 68 kg or 74 kg body weight)