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Alexander Medved ( Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Васíлевiч Мядзве́дзь; Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Медве́дь) (born September 16, 1937 in Belaya Tserkov , Ukrainian SSR) is a famous Belarusian wrestler. He is considered by some to be the best freestyle wrestler of all time. He was the first person ever to win three gold medals in wrestling. Today he lives in Belarus and is the Chairman of the Interinstitutional Faculty of Physical Development of the Belarusian Institute for Information Science and Radio Electronics and also Vice-president of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus.His awards include:
- Olympic medal s: 3 gold ( 1964, 1968, 1972)
- World championships: 7 times ( 1962- 63, 1966- 67, 1969- 711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua)
- European championships: 3 times ( 1966, 1968, 1972)
Medved, Alexander
Medved, Alexander
Medved, Alexander
Medved, Alexander
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