Alexander Petrovich Petrov

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Alexander Petrovich Petrov
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Alexander Petrovich Petrov ( Russian Александр Петрович Петров ; born September 11 . Jul / 23. September  1876 greg. In Yelets , Oryol Governorate , Russian Empire ; † February 1941 ) was a Russian wrestler and Olympic medalist.

Petrov won the silver medal in the Greco-Roman style in the heavyweight division (over 93 kg) at the Olympic Games in London in 1908 . In the quarter-finals, Petrow defeated the British Frederick Humphreys , who won a gold medal in the tug of war . In the semifinals, Petrow won against Hugó Payr from Hungary . In the final he lost to the Hungarian Richárd Weisz and won the silver medal.

Petrov taught at the Psychoneurological Institute in Saint Petersburg after the First World War and became one of the founders of sports medicine. Unlike most intellectuals, Petrov did not leave his country during the civil war and even supported the revolution .

In 1938 Petrov fell ill with a blood vessel disease, as a result of which his right leg was amputated. He died in February 1941, a few months before the start of the Great Patriotic War . His widow Seraphima Swereva exchanged his awards for food during the Leningrad blockade .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography on infosport.ru (Russian)
  2. ↑ Hugó Payr in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
  3. ↑ Александр Петров , olympteka.ru (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Petrov, Alexander Petrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Петров, Александр Петрович (Russian); Petrov, Aleksandr Petrovich (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian wrestler and Olympic medalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Jelets , Oryol Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 1941