Boris Michail Gurevich
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| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing  Soviet Union
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1968 Mexico City | Middleweight |
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; born February 2, 1937) is a former Soviet wrestler.
Gurevich, who is Jewish, was born in Kiev, Ukraine.
Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City. He finished ahead of silver medalist Jigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia and bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria.
He won a silver medal at the 1961 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the 1969 World Wrestling Championships at 90 kilograms.
He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.
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