Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937)
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1968 Mexico City | 87 kg | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1967 Delhi | 87 kg | |
| 1969 Mar del Plata | 90 kg | |
| 1961 Yokohama | 87 kg | |
| European Championships | ||
| 1967 Istanbul | 87 kg | |
| 1970 Berlin | 90 kg | |
| USSR Championships | ||
| 1967 Moscow | 87 kg | |
| 1966 Novosibirsk | 87 kg | |
| 1965 Yerevan | 87 kg | |
| 1961 Tallinn | 87 kg | |
| 1958 Tbilisi | 87 kg | |
| 1957 Kyiv | 87 kg | |
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler.[1][2]
The figure of Boris Gurevich served as a model for the allegorical sculpture of the Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich "Let's Forge Swords into Plowshares", installed in 1957 in New York near the UN building.[3][4]
Gurevich, who was Jewish, was born in Kiev, Ukraine.[1][2]
Career
Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 87 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City.[1][2][5] He finished ahead of silver medalist Jigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia and bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria, whith playing a draw against the Mongolian wrestler in the sixth round.[6][7]
He won a silver medal at the 1961 World Wrestling Championships and the gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships in the 87 kilograms, the gold medal at the 1969 World Wrestling Championships in the 90 kilograms. He won the gold medal at the 1967 European Wrestling Championships in the 87 kilograms, and the gold medal at the 1970 European Wrestling Championships in the 90 kilograms.[1]
The following was said about his wrestling style,
Incredible precision of movement, an attack that preempted the opponent—that's what captured the attention of experts. He combined beauty and strength, astonishing wrestling technique and a furious onslaught, precise, almost mathematical, calculation, and speed that bordered on risk.[8]
He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Boris Michail Gurevitch". JewishSports.net. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-028-8. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Какой спортсмен послужил прообразом скульптуры "Перекуем мечи на орала"?
- ^ "Olympedia – Boris Gurevich". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ a b "Boris Gurevitch". JewsInSports.org. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Borys Mykhailovych Hurevych (Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Борис Гуревич. Человек, перековавший себя.", Florida-rus.com, January 1, 2009. Accessed February 1, 2026 (in Russian). "Невероятная точность движений, атака на опережение противника, - вот что притягивало внимание знатоков. Он сочетал в себе красоту и силу, поразительную борцовскую технику и неистовый натиск, точный, почти математический, расчет и быстроту на грани риска"
External links
- Boris Michailowitsch Gurewitsch at the International Wrestling Database
- Boris Gurevich at Olympics.com
- Boris Gurevich at Olympedia
- Boris Gurevich at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- All about freestyle wrestling (in Russian). Vladikavkaz: Project-Press. 1997. pp. 48–72.