Shamil Serikov

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Shamil Serikov
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Greco-Roman Bantamweight
RIAN archive 556230 Olympic champion in classic wrestling, 57kg division, Shamil Serikov and silver medalist of the 1980 Olympiad Jozef Lipien.jpg

Shamil Serikov (5 March 1956 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR – 22 November 1989) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.

He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.[1] Serikov committed suicide in 1989.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile: Shamil Serikov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Shamil Serikov". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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