Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik (Russian: Григорий Александрович Гамарник; Ukrainian: Григорій Олександрович Гамарник, romanized: Hryhorii Oleksandrovych Hamarnyk; April 22, 1929 – April 18, 2018) was a world champion wrestler and the first Greco-Roman wrestling world champion from Ukraine.[1][2]
Grigory Gamarnik | |
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Григорий Гамарник | |
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| Born | Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik April 22, 1929 Zinovievsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | April 18, 2018 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | USSR |
| Occupation | Wrestler |
| Known for | World champion in 67 kg. Greco-Roman wrestling (1955) |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (171 cm) |
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Representing  Soviet Union
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| World Championships | ||
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1955 Karlsruhe | Lightweight |
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1958 Budapest | Welterweight |
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1953 | |
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1956 | |
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1957 | |
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1958 | |
Biography
editGamarnik was Jewish, and was born in Zinovievsk (today's Kropyvnytskyi), Ukraine, in the Soviet Union.[1][3] He was trained by USSR wrestling trainers German Sandler and Armenak Yaltyryan.
Wrestling career
editIn 1948, he won second place in light middleweight class wrestling, at the All-Union Youth Contests in the USSR.[4]
Gamarnik was world lightweight (67 kg) Greco-Roman wrestling champion at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships in Karlsruhe, Germany, beating out silver medalist Kyösti Lehtonen of Finland and bronze medalist Gustav Freij of Sweden.[1][5][6][7] He came in second in the 1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in welterweight (73 kg) Greco-Roman wrestling, behind gold medalist Kazim Ayvaz of Turkey and ahead of bronze medalist Valeriu Bularca of Romania.[1][5][6][7]
He came in fifth in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in men's welterweight Greco-Roman wrestling.[1][7] Gamarnik was also a USSR wrestling champion in 1953, and in 1956–58.[3][8]
Retirement
editAfter retiring from competitions, Gamarnik was the Ukrainian National Coach from 1970 to 1991. He also served as a President of Greco-Roman Federation, was a FILA International referee since 1979, officiated at the Moscow Olympic Games (1980), and was one of the organizers of the FILA World Cup in 1983 in Kiev, Ukraine. For his many years of commitment, Grigory Gamarnik was awarded the FILA Gold Star (1983) by then president Milan Ercegan.
Grigory Gamarnik was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grigory Gamarnik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hryhoriy Hamarnik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Uri Miller. "Jews in Sport in the USSR". Yivo Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ V. S. Mert︠s︡alov (1958). Biographic directory of the USSR. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Who's who in the USSR. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. 1961. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Ralph Hickok (October 2, 2011). "Sports History – World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Garmanik, Grigori". International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ Herman Branover; Isaiah Berlin; Zeev Wagner (1998). The Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry: Biographies. Jason Aronson. ISBN 0-7657-9981-2. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsport.net.
External links
edit- Grigory Gamarnik at the International Wrestling Database
- Grigory Gamarnik at Olympedia
