Aleksandr Karelin

Aleksandr Karelin The the "Russian Bear" "Russian King Kong" "Alexander the Great" "The Experiment" and "The Crane from Novosibirsk" born 19 September 1967 Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 286 lb (130 kg)

Nationality Russian
Born 19 September 1967 (age 56)
Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia)
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[nb 1]
Weight 286 lb (130 kg)
Sport
Country Soviet Union (1987–1991)
Unified Team / CIS (1992)
Russia (1993–2000)
Sport Wrestling
Event Greco-Roman
Club Dynamo Novosibirsk
Coached by Viktor Kuznetsov[1]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 0
World Championship 9 0 0
World Cup 1 1 0
European Championship 12 0 0
Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny 5 0 0
Aleksandr Karelin Cup 1 0 0
World Junior Championships 2 0 0
European Junior Championships 1 0 0
Friendship-84 Juniors 1 0 0
Total 35 2 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 130 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place Martigny 1989 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Ostia 1990 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Varna 1991 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Stockholm 1993 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Tampere 1994 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Prague 1995 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Wroclaw 1997 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Gävle 1998 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Athens 1999 130 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place Albany 1987 130 kg
Silver medal – second place Besançon 1992 130 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place Kolbotn 1988 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Oulu 1989 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Poznań 1990 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Aschaffenburg 1991 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Copenhagen 1992 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Istanbul 1993 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Athens 1994 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Besançon 1995 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Budapest 1996 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Minsk 1998 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1999 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Moscow 2000 130 kg
Aleksandr Karelin Cup
Gold medal – first place Novosibirsk 1995 130 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place Colorado Springs 1985 130 kg
Gold medal – first place Burnaby 1987 130 kg
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place Malmö 1986 130 kg
Friendship-84 Juniors
Gold medal – first place Budapest 1984 130 kg

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