Anatoly Bykov (wrestler) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=A24BEA2365074CD890E3B730376CF19B Bykov, Anatoli (URS)
  2. Web site: Anatoly Bykov . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/by/anatoly-bykov-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Sports Reference .
  3. http://www.wrestrus.ru/users/1202/ Быков Анатолий Михайлович
  4. http://gazeta.caravan.kz/articles/kanadec-bykov-s-kazakhstanskim-pasportom-articleID35453.html Канадец Быков с казахстанским паспортом