Grigory Gamarnik

Grigory Gamarnik
Native name Григорий Александрович Гамарник
Born Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik
April 22, 1929
Kirovograd, now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR
Died April 18, 2018(2018-04-18) (aged 88)
Brooklyn, United States
Nationality Ukrainian
Citizenship USSR
Occupation Wrestler
Known for World champion in 67 kg. Greco-Roman wrestling (1955)
Height 5 ft 7 in (171 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
1955 Karlsruhe Lightweight
1958 Budapest Welterweight
USSR Championships
1953
1956
1957
1958
Grigoriy Gamarnik in later years

Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik (Russian: Григорий Александрович Гамарник; April 22, 1929 – April 18, 2018) was a Ukrainian Soviet world champion wrestler.[1][2]

Biography

Gamarnik was Jewish, and was born in Kirovograd (today's Kropyvnytskyi), Ukraine, in the Soviet Union.[1][3] He was trained by USSR wrestling trainer German Sandler.

Wrestling career

In 1948, he won second place in light middleweight class wrestling, at the All-Union Youth Contests in the USSR.[4]

Gamarnik was world lightweight (67 kg) Greco-Roman wrestling champion at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships in Karlsruhe, Germany, beating out silver medalist Kyösti Lehtonen of Finland and bronze medalist Gustav Freij of Sweden.[1][5][6][7] He came in second in the 1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in welterweight (73 kg) Greco-Roman wrestling, behind gold medalist Kazim Ayvaz of Turkey and ahead of bronze medalist Valeriu Bularca of Romania.[1][5][6][7]

He came in fifth in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in men's welterweight Greco-Roman wrestling.[1][7] He was also a USSR wrestling champion in 1953, and in 1956–58.[3][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Grigory Gamarnik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hryhoriy Hamarnik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Uri Miller. "Jews in Sport in the USSR". Yivo Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ V. S. Mert︠s︡alov (1958). Biographic directory of the USSR. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Who's who in the USSR. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. 1961. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  6. 1 2 Ralph Hickok (October 2, 2011). "Sports History – World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 "Garmanik, Grigori". International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ Herman Branover; Isaiah Berlin; Zeev Wagner (1998). The Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry: Biographies. Jason Aronson. ISBN 0-7657-9981-2. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
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