Anatoly Parfyonov
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Born | 17 November 1925 Dvornikovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Died | 28 January 1993 (aged 67) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andrei Gordienko[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Anatoly Ivanovich Parfyonov (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Парфëнов, 17 November 1925 – 28 January 1993) was a Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.[2]
Biography
In his youth Parfyonov worked as a mechanic at a spinning and weaving factory. In 1942, during World War II, he enlisted to the Soviet Army, and fought as a machine gunner and later as a T-34 tank driver. In October 1943 he was wounded in the elbow and arm during the battle of the Dnieper, and after that could not fully bend the arm for the rest of his life. For his wartime service he was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Patriotic War. He was honorably discharged in 1946 and returned to his spinning factory.[1][2]
Parfyonov took up wrestling in 1951, aged 26, and won the Soviet heavyweight title in 1954 and 1957, placing third in 1956 and 1959. He was never skilled in wrestling techniques, but was revered for his physical strength. After retiring from competitions Parfyonov had a long career as a wrestling coach and raised the 1976 Olympic champion Nikolay Balboshin. His son Vladimir also became a competitive wrestler. In the 1960s–70s Parfyonov had minor roles in Soviet films, such as a German security guard in Seventeen Moments of Spring. Since 1999 an international wrestling has been held in Moscow in his honor. The minor planet 7913 Parfyonov is named after him.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Парфенов Анатолий Иванович Archived 7 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Russian Wrestling Federation
- ^ a b c "Profile: Anatoly Parfyonov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
External links
- Anatoly Parfyonov at the International Wrestling Database
- Anatoly Parfyonov at Olympedia
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- 1908 Richárd Weisz (HUN)
- 1912 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
- 1920 Adolf Lindfors (FIN)
- 1924 Henri Deglane (FRA)
- 1928 Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1932 Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1936 Kristjan Palusalu (EST)
- 1948 Ahmet Kireççi (TUR)
- 1952 Johannes Kotkas (URS)
- 1956 Anatoly Parfyonov (URS)
- 1960 Ivan Bogdan (URS)
- 1964 István Kozma (HUN)
- 1968 István Kozma (HUN)
- 1972 Nicolae Martinescu (ROM)
- 1976 Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1980 Georgi Raykov (BUL)
- 1984 Vasile Andrei (ROM)
- 1988 Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 1992 Héctor Milián (CUB)
- 1996 Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 2000 Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
- 2004 Karam Gaber (EGY)
- 2008 Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
- 2012 Ghasem Rezaei (IRI)
- 2016 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2020 Musa Evloev (ROC)
- 1912–1928: +82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: +87 kg
- 1964–1968: +97 kg
- 1972–1996: 100 kg
- 2000: 97 kg
- 2004–2012: 96 kg
- 2016: 98 kg
- 2020–present: 97 kg
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