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Vladimir Yumin

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Name
  
Vladimir Yumin


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Olympic medals
  
Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Vladimir Sergeyevich Yumin (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Юмин; 18 December 1951 – 4 March 2016) was a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and world titles in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979, placing second in 1975 and third in 1973. He was also European champion in 1975–77. Domestically, Yumin won Soviet titles in 1973–75 and 1978. He placed third at the 1980 Soviet Championships and did not qualify for the Olympics. After that he retired and worked as a wresting coach with the Turkish national team. In 2009 he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Yumin was born in Omsk in Siberia, but soon moved to the south to Kaspiysk. He spent most of his life there, and died of a heart attack aged 64.

References

Vladimir Yumin Wikipedia