Birth Date: | June df=yes |
Birth Place: | Magadan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 170 cm |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Sport: | Greco-Roman wrestling |
Club: | Dynamo Almaty |
Coach: | Viktor Yermakov |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Anatoly Mikhailovich Bykov (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Быков, born 6 August 1953) is a retired Soviet welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a world title in 1975 and an Olympic gold medal in 1976, and placed second at the 1978 European Championships and 1980 Olympics, both times behind Ferenc Kocsis.[1] [2]
Bykov lived for many years in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where in 1975 he married and graduated from the institute of physical education.[3] He holds a Kazakhstani passport, but lives in Canada, where he works in building construction.[4]