Boris Maksimovich Gurevich (; 23 March 1931 – 10 January 1995) was a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from the

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. He won gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the 1953 world championships, and the 1958 world championships. Gurevich first trained in gymnastics and later took up wrestling in 1948. He won the Soviet wrestling titles in 1950 and 1955, placed second in 1952, 1959, and 1960, and placed third in 1963. After retiring from competitions he coached wrestlers in Moscow, where an annual international wrestling tournament has been held in his honor since 1996.

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* * * 1931 births 1995 deaths Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Martial artists from Moscow Olympic medalists in wrestling Soviet Jews Jewish sport wrestlers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub