1966 World Wrestling Championships
The 1966 World Wrestling Championships were held in Toledo, Ohio, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman ReferencesFILA Database {{DEFAULTSORT:1966 Fila Wrestling World Championships World Wrestling Championships W 1966 in American sports 1966 in sport wrestling ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according to the 2020 census, the 79th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 270,871, it is the principal city of the Toledo metropolitan area. It also serves as a major trade center for the Midwest; its port is the fifth-busiest in the Great Lakes and 54th-biggest in the United States. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, and originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory. It was refounded in 1837, after the conclusion of the Toledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. After the 1845 completion of the Miami and Erie Canal, Toledo grew quickly; it also benefited from its position on the railway line between New York City and Chicago. The first of many glass manufacturers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hossein Tahami
Hossein Tahami ( fa, حسین تهامی) is an Iranian retired freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 1966 World Championships. References Iranian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Possibly living people 20th-century Iranian people Place of birth missing {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fritz Stange
Fritz Stange (20 September 1936 – 4 August 2013) was a German wrestler. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1936 births 2013 deaths German male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the United Team of Germany Olympic wrestlers for West Germany Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ludwigsburg 21st-century German people 20th-century German people {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rolf Lacour
Rolf Lacour (26 June 1937 – 28 January 2018) was a German wrestler who competed in the , in the , and in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Mün ...
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Sergey Rybalko
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Sergey may refer to: * Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name) * Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland * ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps are a large subfamily of braconid parasitic wasps (Braconidae). Numerous genera and species formerly unknown to science are being described every year. This subfamily is presumably part of a clade containing o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angel Kerezov
Angel Stoyanov Kerezov ( bg, Ангел Стоянов Керезов, born 24 July 1939) is a retired flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon .... He won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and a world title in 1966, placing third in 1965 and fourth in 1963. iat.uni-leipzig.de References 1939 births Living people ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abolfazl Anvari
Abolfazl Anvari ( fa, ابوالفضل انورى, 9 February 1938 – 14 February 2018) was an Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1966 and 1969 World Championships and at the 1970 Asian Games. He placed fourth at the 1967 World Championships and sixth at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1938 births 2018 deaths Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Iran Iranian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in wrestling People from Saveh World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Iranian people 21st-cent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Larry Kristoff
Larry Kristoff (born November 11, 1942) is an American wrestler. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 2007, Kristoff was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum and hall of fame for amateur wrestling, headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2010, it began operating the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. History The museum was awarded to Stillw ... as a Distinguished Member. ''nwhof.org''. Retrieved July 29, 2023. References 1942 births Living people[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Ivanitsky
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Ivanitsky (russian: Александр Владимирович Иваницкий ; 10 December 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Russian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling who competed for the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national .... References External links * * 1937 births 2020 deaths Sportspeople from Donetsk Oblast Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian male sport wrestlers Soviet ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Said Mustafov
Said Mustafov ( bg, Саид Мустафов; born 13 March 1933) is a Bulgarian former wrestler who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... He competed in Men's light-weight wrestling. References External links * 1933 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling People from Targovishte Province Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Bulgarian people of Turkish descent 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmet Ayık
Ahmet Ayık (born March 31, 1938), is a former Turkish World champion of Karachay origin and Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (97 kg) and a sports executive. He won the silver medal at the 1964 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling and the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics. Biography He was born in 1938 in Eskiköy, a village of Doğanşar district in Sivas Province in the eastern part of Central Anatolia as the sixth child of a poor family. Ahmet Ayık lost four of his siblings during the 1939 Erzincan earthquake. He began wrestling as a youngster in the traditional Turkish Karakucak Güreşi. At age 13, he followed his brother to Istanbul, and joined first Şişli Youth Club and later Beşiktaş JK for sports wrestling. After winning the title of Turkish champion, he was admitted to the national team in 1962, and received training by the renowned wrestlers such as Yaşar Doğu, Celal Atik, Nasuh Akar and Bayram Şit. Besides his medals at ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Medved
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Medved (born 16 September 1937) is a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian retired freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body. Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles. He served as the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union in 1972, for Belarus in 2004 and recited the Judge's Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Olympics. Biography According to Medved, his grandparents came from Russia; his grandmother was ca. 195 cm, and his grandfather was even taller. Medved was smaller, at 190 cm and 100+ kg, yet big enough to fit into his last name, which means ''bear'' in Russian (and with minor variations in Belarusian and Ukrainian languages). Between 1967 and 1972 Medved had a rivalry with Turkish-Bulgarian wrestler Osman Duraliev. They met eight times in the finals of major international champio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |