Oleg Karavayev

Oleg Nikolaevich Karavayev ( born May 20, 1936 in Minsk; † August 23, 1978 ) was a Soviet wrestler. He was Olympic champion in 1960 in Rome.

Career

Oleg Karavayev originates from Belarus and began as a teenager with the rings. As a student, he became a member of " Burewestnik " Minsk and grew to become an outstanding wrestler in the Greco- Roman style. From 1956 to 1960 and 1962 he was a Soviet champion bantamweight. 1957 before Constantine Wyrupajew from Irkutsk and L. Fishman from Kiev. He was then employed at the World Cup 1958 in Budapest and justified where the trust placed in him by winning the world title in the Bantamweight. He needed to seven wins, defeating in the final Yasar Yilmaz from Turkey.

1959, a year in which no world championships in Greco- röm.Stil took place, Oleg also won in the Second Spartakiade the USSR bantamweight against Olympic champion Boris Gurevich and Georgi Tschitschuaschwili from Georgia. In 1960, he managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rome by a victory at the Soviet Championship against Boris Gurevich and Amari Egadse from Tbilisi. In Rome, Oleg was in top form and was with six wins Olympic gold medalist. Ion Cernea from Romania and Dinko Petrov from Bulgaria were there his toughest opponents.

1961 Oleg succeeded by winning the world title in the Bantamweight title at the World Championships in Yokohama, the third major victory in a row. After a year break, he started again at the World Championships in 1963 in Helsingborg. After a draw against Ion Cernea in the fourth round, he was defeated while the Hungarian János Varga in the fifth round and came so only on the 4th Place.

In the Soviet Championships in 1964 Oleg failed to Vladimir Trostjanski and thus missed the part in the Olympics in Tokyo. He then ended his international career Ringer. From 1971 to 1978 he worked as a trainer in Minsk. He came in 1978 in a life crisis and took on 23 August 1978, the life.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Ba = bantamweight, to 57 kg body weight)

Swell

  • Various editions of the journal " Athletics " from the years 1957-1964,
  • Documentation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976
  • International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
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