Savkuz Dzarasov Explained

Birth Date:5 January 1930
Birth Place:Pravoberezhny District, North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Date:12 July 1990 (aged 60)
Height:182 cm
Weight:108 kg
Sport:Freestyle wrestling
Club:Spartak Ordzonikidze
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Savkuz Dzaboyevich Dzarasov (Russian: Савкуз Дзабоевич Дзарасов; 5 January 1930 – 12 July 1990) was a Russian heavyweight freestyle wrestler who won bronze medals at the 1959 World Championships and 1960 Olympics. Domestically he won the Soviet title in 1958 and 1959, placing second in 1952 and 1961 and third in 1960.

In 1950 Dzarasov graduated from the North Ossetian State University, and in his late years worked as a sports official. He was of ethnic Ossetian descent.