Gennady Sapunov

Gennady Sapunov

Personal information
Born	(1938-12-05)5 December 1938 Muysky District, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	30 August 2023(2023-08-30) (aged 84)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Medal record Men's wrestling (Greco-Roman) Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1963 Helsingborg -63 kg 1965 Manchester -63 kg 1966 Toledo -70 kg

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

1. "Геннадий САПУНОВ" (in Russian). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
2. "Не стало Геннадия Сапунова..." Wrestrus. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

External links

Gennady Sapunov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)