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Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937)

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Boris Michail Gurevich (also "Gurevitsch"; born February 2, 1937) is a former Soviet wrestler.[1][2]

Gurevich, who is Jewish, was born in Kiev, in what is now Ukraine.[3][4]

Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City.[5][6][7]

He won a silver medal at the world championships at 87 kilograms in 1961, a gold medal at 87 kilograms in 1967, and a gold medal at 90 kilograms in 1969.[8]

He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[9]

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