Alexander Medved, three-time Olympic champion and seven-time world champion, has died at the age of 87, the press service of the Russian Wrestling Federation reports.
— An outstanding athlete, the legendary Soviet and Belarusian wrestler Alexander Medved, has died. This news found us in Vladivostok, where the Eastern Economic Forum will begin its work, and earlier we opened the Palace of Wrestling in Ufa, where a museum will open, the first exhibit of which was a gift personally donated by Alexander Vasilyevich – a figurine of freestyle wrestlers.
The head of Bashkiria Radiy Faritovich Khabirov accepted this gift with great gratitude from the legendary athlete, the most titled freestyle wrestler in history. “Blessed memory of Alexander Vasilievich,” said the president of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) Mikhail Mamiashvili.
The flag-bearer of the USSR national team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, Alexander Medved, was recognized as the best freestyle wrestler in the history of the sport.
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