Roman Rurua

Roman Rurua
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's wrestling
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Featherweight
1964 Tokyo Featherweight
World Championships
1966 Toledo Featherweight
1967 Bucharest Featherweight
1969 Mar del Plata Lightweight
1970 Edmonton Lightweight

Roman Rurua (born 25 November 1942) is a former Soviet greco-roman wrestler and Olympic Champion.

He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class.[1] At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he won a silver medal. He is four time world champion in 1966, 1967,1969, 1970 years.

References

  1. "Profile: Roman Rurua". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
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