Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich

Boris Mikhailovich Gurevich ( born February 23, 1937) is a former Soviet wrestler.

Career

Boris Gurevich began as a teenager with the rings. The Ukrainians In 1957 he entered the Soviet Army and was a member of the Army Sports clubs Kiev. In 1958 he care in Soviet circles Ringer stir when he was a Soviet champion light heavyweight, free style, before the experienced Boris Kulayev and Anatoli Albul. In the II Völkerspartakiade the Soviet Union in 1959, he lost the final time against Boris Kulayev, but defeated the Georgian Shota Lomidse and took 2nd place. Also in 1960, he finished at the Soviet Championships behind Boris Kulayev but before Anatoli Albul the 2nd place. In 1961, he won the Soviet Championship title in the light heavyweight and won back before Albul and M. Zemljanow.

1961 also began the international career of Boris Gurevich. At the World Championships in Yokohama, he lost the final against Gholamreza Takhti from Iran and was runner-up. Also in 1962 he was in Toledo at the world championship at the start, managed three victories, but then lost to Mansour Mehdizadeh from Iran and Hasan Güngör from Turkey and only came on the 4th Place.

Since he in the following years in the Soviet Union against his hard competitors Anatoli Albul, Gennady Strakhov, Vladimir Gulutkin, Shota Lomidse and Alexander Medved could not prevail, increased its international Ringer career until 1967.

From 1967, but was followed by four years with the biggest successes in the career of Boris Gurevich. He was Olympic champion in 1968, world champion in 1967 and 1969, European champion in 1967 and 1970 and lost in these five tournaments no longer fight.

1971 resigned the officer of the Soviet Union from the international competition scene.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, Mi = middleweight until 1961-79 kg body weight, from 1962-87 kg body weight, Hs = half heavyweight until 1961-87 kg from 1962 to 97 kg body weight)

Swell

• Documentation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976
• International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
• Various issues of the journal athletics from the years 1958 to 1970