Boris Michailowitsch Gurevich

Boris Michailowitsch Gurewitsch (born February 23, 1937 in Kiev ) is a former Soviet wrestler .

Career

Boris Gurewitsch began wrestling as a teenager. The Ukrainian joined the Soviet Army in 1957 and became a member of the Kiev Army Sports Club . As early as 1958 he caused a sensation in Soviet wrestling circles when he became the Soviet light heavyweight champion, free style, in front of the experienced Boris Kulayev and Anatoli Albul . At the Second People's Spatakiad of the Soviet Union in 1959 he was defeated in the final this time against Boris Kulayev, but defeated the Georgian Schota Lomidzeand took 2nd place. Also in 1960 he finished second at the Soviet championships behind Boris Kulayev but ahead of Anatoli Albul. In 1961 he took back the Soviet light heavyweight championship and won ahead of Albul and M. Zemlyanov.

In 1961 Boris Gurevich began his international career. At the World Championships in Yokohama, he was defeated in the final against Gholamreza Takhti from Iran and became vice world champion. He also competed in the 1962 World Cup in Toledo , achieved three victories, but then lost to Mansour Mehdizadeh from Iran and Hasan Güngör from Turkey and only came in 4th.

Since he could no longer prevail in the Soviet Union against his tough competitors Anatoli Albul, Gennadi Strachow , Vladimir Gulutkin , Schota Lomidze and Alexander Medved , his international wrestling career stalled until 1967.

From 1967, however, another four years followed with the greatest successes in Boris Gurevich's career. He became Olympic champion in 1968, world champion in 1967 and 1969 and European champion in 1967 and 1970 and never lost a fight in these five tournaments.

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

International success

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

• 1961, 2nd place , World Cup in Yokohama , F, Hs, with victories over Shunichi Kawano, Japan and Hasan Güngör , Turkey and one defeat against Gholamreza Takhti , Iran ;
• 1962, 4th place , World Cup in Toledo / USA , F, Wed, with victories over William Farrell , USA, Géza Hollósi , Hungary and Prodan Gardschew , Bulgaria and defeats against Mansour Mehdizadeh , Iran and Hasan Güngör, Turkey;
• 1967, 1st place , EM in Istanbul , F, Wed, with victories over Géza Hollósi and Prodan Gardschew and a draw against Hasan Güngör and Francisc Balla , Romania ;
• 1967, 1st place , World Cup in New Delhi , F, Wed, with victories over Géza Hollósi, Sigfried Handrock, GDR , Wayne Baugham , USA and Francisc Balla and a draw against Prodan Gardschew;
• 1968, gold medal , OS in Mexico City , F, Wed, with victories over Ronald Grinstead , Great Britain , Robert Nihon , Bahamas , Jan Wypiórczyk , Poland and Lupe Lara , Cuba and a tie against Prodan Gardschew and Dschigdschidyn Mönchbat , Mongolia ;
• 1969, 1st place , World Cup in Mar del Plata , F, Wed, with victories over Hiroyoshi Fujigawa, Japan, Edward Millard, Canada and Etienne Martinetti, Switzerland and a draw against Russi Petrow , Bulgaria and Henk Schenk, USA,
• 1970, 1st place , EM in Berlin , F, Wed, with victories over Károly Bajkó , Hungary, Roland Andersson, Sweden, Kazimir Valach, CSSR and Umberto Marcheggiani, Italy

swell

• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976
• International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
• various issues of the professional journal Athletik from 1958 to 1970

Web links

• Profile of Boris Gurewitsch at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Boris Gurewitsch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )