The deceased coach Anatoly Efremov determined the direction of the sporting life of several generations, Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion and president of the Russian Wrestling Federation Mikhail Mamiashvili told .
The Russian Wrestling Federation announced Efremov’s death on Saturday. The famous specialist was 84 years old.
— May his memory be blessed. For several generations, for a large number of people, Anatoly Semenovich determined the direction of sports life, the attitude towards oneself. And it’s much more than points, goals and seconds. It’s a shame, he struggled for many years with a serious illness. We, all his students and pupils, helped him as best we could and supported him. He lived in Ukraine, we met several years ago in a border cafe. He arrived in a wheelchair, we sat and talked about our memories.
Anatoly Semenovich was near and dear to us. It has hundreds of students, dozens of champions. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to attend the funeral,” Mamiashvili told .
Efremov was Mamiashvili’s first coach.
Source : MatchTV
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