Pavel Pinigin

Pavel Pinigin
Personal information
Born (1953-03-12) March 12, 1953
Dirin, Sakha Republic, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Pavel Pinigin
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Lightweight
World Championships
1975 Minsk 68 kg
1977 Lausanne 68 kg
1978 Mexico City 68 kg

Pavel Pinigin (Russian: Павел Павлович Пинигин; Sakha: Пинигин Павел Павлович; born 12 March 1953) is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also three times world champion in freestyle wrestling.

Olympics

Pinigin competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the lightweight class.[1]

References

  1. "Profile: Pavel Pinigin". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 January 2009.


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