Gennady Sapunov
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| Born | 5 December 1938 Muysky District, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 2023 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gennady Andreyevich Sapunov (Russian: Геннадий Андреевич Сапунов; 5 December 1938 – 30 August 2023) was a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the 1968 Olympics and won two gold and a silver medal at the World Wrestling Championships. From 1979 to 1990 he was the trainer for the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling team.[1] Sapunov died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 84.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Геннадий САПУНОВ" (in Russian). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Не стало Геннадия Сапунова..." Wrestrus. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
External links
[edit]Gennady Sapunov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived) 
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