Grigory Alexandrovich Gamarnik

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Grigori Alexandrowitsch Gamarnik ( Russian Григорий Александрович Гамарник ; born April 22, 1929 in Kirovohrad ; † April 18, 2018 in the USA ) was a Soviet wrestler . He was world champion in 1955 in the Greco-Roman style in lightweight.

Athletic career

Gamarnik was a member of the Red Army and belonged to the army sports club in Kiev . Grigori wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style and first drew attention to himself in 1951 when he finished 2nd at the Soviet lightweight championships behind Moscow's Vladimir Yegorov and ahead of Shazam Safin . The qualification for the Olympic Games in 1952 and the World Cup in 1953 has not yet made Grigori. In 1955 he was used at the world championship in Karlsruhe in the lightweight. Although he suffered a defeat there in the second round against the Bulgarian Dimitar Stojanow , he was able to convince and win the world title with five wins in his other fights.

In the Olympic qualification for 1956 Grigori failed to Vladimir Rosin . For this reason he was only able to participate in an international championship, the World Championship in Budapest , again in 1958 . There he wrestled a weight class higher in welterweight. He won five more fights, but was defeated in the final by the Turk Kâzım Ayvaz and therefore had to be content with the vice-world title.

In 1960 Grigori made the jump to the Olympic Games. In the meantime, however, he was not as strong as in previous years and arrived in Rome welterweight only to 5th place - after a draw against Mithat Bayrak from Turkey , the gold medal won, and a defeat against Stevan Horvat from Yugoslavia .

After the end of his sporting career, Grigori Gamarnik worked as a wrestling trainer in the Red Army.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, back then up to 67 kg or 73 kg body weight)

  • 1960, 5th place , OS in Rome: GR, We, victories over Harald Barlie ( Norway ), Bjarne Ansböl ( Denmark ), Sachihiko Takeda ( Japan ) and Kiril Petkow (Bulgaria); Draw against Mithat Bayrak (Turkey); Lost to Stevan Horvat (Yugoslavia)

International battles

  • 1955, USSR against Sweden, GR, Le, shoulder winner over Ake Karlsson,
  • 1955, USSR against Sweden, GR, We, point winner over Bertil Nyström ,
  • 1956, France against USSR, GR, We, points winner over Verdaine,
  • 1956, Sweden against USSR, GR, We, points winner over Per Berlin ,
  • 1957, Sweden against USSR, GR, We, draw against Bertil Nyström,
  • 1959, USSR against Sweden, GR, We, points winner over Hansmark

National championships

USSR Championships (if known)

  • 1951, 2nd place, GR, Le, behind Vladimir Jegorow and in front of Shazam Safin,
  • 1957, 1st place, GR, We, ahead of N. Boldin and N. Pereschegin,
  • 1959, 1st place, GR, We, ahead of J. Zelenin and Z. Mchitarjan,
  • 1961, 3rd place, GR, Le, behind V. Fesenko and V. Schitenow

II. Spartakiad of the USSR

  • 1959, 3rd place, GR, We, behind Wladimir Rosin and J. Zelenin

swell

  • Div. Issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1951 to 1961,
  • Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Скончался легендарный украинский спортсмен (Russian)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Gamarnik, Grigory Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gamarnik, Grigori; Гамарник, Григорий Александрович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirovohrad
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2018
Place of death United States