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Matwai Baranov

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Nationality
  
Israel

Style
  
Greco-Roman

Sport
  
Wrestling

Born
  
September 2, 1965 (age 51) (
1965-09-02
)

Matwai Baranov (also known as "Matvai"; מאטוויי ברנוב; born September 2, 1965) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.

Wrestling career

Baranov came 9th in the 1991 World Wrestling Championships at 68.0 kg. in Greco-Roman wrestling.

He competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in wrestling at the age of 26. He wrestled in the Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman, and lost to Stoyan Stoyanov of Bulgaria in Round Two, and to bronze medal winner Rodney Smith of the United States in Round Three.

References

Matwai Baranov Wikipedia