Oleg Karavayev
Olympic athlete
1936 – 1978
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Who was Oleg Karavayev?
Oleg Karavayev was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion. He was born in Minsk.
He was Jewish. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class. He was also 1958 and 1961 world champion, and USSR champion multiple times.
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- Born
- May 20, 1936
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic - Also known as
- Oleg Karavaev
- Died
- Aug 23, 1978
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on July 23, 2013
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