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Aleksandr Medved
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Medved’, Aleksandr Vasil’evich 

Born Sept 16, 1937, in Belaia Tserkov’, Kiev Oblast. Soviet wrestler; Honored Master of Sports (1964); docent at the Minsk Radio Engineering Institute. Member of the CPSU since 1965.

Medved’ has been an Olympic champion (1964, 1968, 1972), many times world champion (1962-63, 1966-67, 1969-71), champion of Europe (1966, 1968, 1971-72), and champion of the USSR (eight times in 1961-70) in free-style middleweight and heavyweight wrestling. He has been awarded the Order of Lenin and two other orders.
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His 13th world or Olympic medal gave him one more than famed Soviet Alexander Medved, and Bulgaria's Valentin Jordanov, who won gold earlier in the day.
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMERS FLAWLESS IN WINNING GOLD by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
A medal would be a record 13th in world-level competition, one more than Alexander Medved of Russia, probably the best freestyle wrestler ever.
WRESTLING : BAUMGARTNER MUST PIN MEDAL HOPES ON THE BRONZE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It includes not only the three Olympic medals but the 1995 Sullivan Award as the country's top amateur athlete, three world titles - including last year's - and 12 world-level medals, equaling the record set by Soviet heavyweight Alexander Medved.
WRESTLER BAUMGARTNER GOES FOR PINS, MEDALS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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