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Born |
4 February 1962 (age 55) Anapa, Russia |
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Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Karagandy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Dmitrievich Rostorotsky (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Ростороцкий; born 4 February 1962) is a retired Soviet wrestler who competed in the Greco-Roman superheavyweight division. He won both the world and European titles in 1985 and 1987. He was the first, and one of only two wrestlers who defeated Aleksandr Karelin, 1–0 at the 1987 Soviet Championships.
Rostorotsky was born in Russia, but later moved to Kazakhstan and graduated from the Karagandy State University with a degree in law.