Oleg Karavayev
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| Born | 20 May 1936 Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 August 1978 (aged 42) Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burevestnik Minsk | |||||||||||||||||||
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Oleg Nikolayevich Karavayev (Russian: Олег Николаевич Караваев, 20 May 1936 – 23 August 1978) was a Soviet bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world title in 1958 and 1961 and an Olympic gold medal in 1960.[1][2]
He was Jewish.[3] Karavayev took up wrestling aged 16 and quickly became one of the most technically gifted Soviet wrestlers. Between 1956 and 1962 he rarely lost a bout, and won the Soviet title every year except for 1961. In 1964 he failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, and retired to become a wrestling coach, heading the Belorussian team through the late 1960s. From 1971 until his death he worked at his native sports society Burevestnik. In retirement he developed an alcoholism problem, which led to his death at the age 42. Since 1992, an annual wrestling tournament has been held in his honor in his native Minsk.[1][4]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish wrestlers
References[]
- ^ a b "Oleg Karavayev". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Karavaev, Oleg (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ «Легенда №17», белорусский вариант: о ком из наших можно снять фильм? interfax.by (21 May 2013)
External links[]
- Oleg Karavayev at United World Wrestling
- Oleg Karavayev at Olympedia
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