Alexander Medved, three-time Olympic champion and seven-time world champion, will forever remain an example for all wrestlers, the three-time Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion told . Alexander Karelin .
On Monday, the President of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) Mikhail Mamiashvili announced that Alexander Medved had died at the age of 87.
– I am in mourning. Alexander Vasilyevich Medved is our elder, the first three-time Olympic champion, who showed us all that it is possible to be a three-time Olympic champion. Of course, the level of wrestling has now gone much higher. There are now five-time wrestling champions. But he was the first.
He lived a long and colorful life associated with wrestling. He was both the head coach and president of the federation (wrestling in Belarus), and actively worked with the international federation. Moreover, all this happened at different times. He always remained faithful to the fight, has always been and remains an example for us, and will remain so forever, ”Karelin told .
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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