Ivan Yarygin

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Ivan Sergeyevich Yarygin (Template:Lang-rus; 7 November 1948 – 11 October 1997) was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. Between 1970 and 1980 he won all his major international competitions, except for the 1970 and 1974 European championships where he placed second. Yarygin was an Olympic champion in 1972 and 1976, being the first wrestler to go through an Olympic competition with straight pin victories and no foul points,[1] a world champion in 1973, a World Cup winner five times, has never lost a single match in World Cup competition,[2] and a European champion in 1972 and 1975–76, and won a world cup in 1973, 1976–77 and 1979–80.[3] He also set a record for the fastest pin victory in the World Cup history at 27 seconds.[4] After retiring in 1980, he headed the Soviet freestyle wrestling team from 1982 to 1992 and the Russian Wrestling Federation from 1993 until his untimely death in a car crash in 1997.[5] An exceptional upper-body wrestler,[6] Yarygin was widely regarded for his tremendous physique and high-strength aggressive style, always aiming to pin down his opponents, with most of his stoppage wins came by way of fall achieved through rapid fireman's lift and slamming the opponent to the mat.[7] One of the most prestigious tournaments in the World was put together in his honor - The Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Tournament is held annually in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and has the reputation of being one of the hardest tournaments in the World. The Yarygin Memorial annually sees the world's best wrestlers come to Siberia, with the added element that Russia's autonomous oblasts and republics such as Dagestan and Chechnya field independent teams alongside an All-Russia selection.

Biography

Childhood and early career

Yarygin was born as the sixth child in a family of ten siblings. Most members of his family were heavily built and physically active people. Since early age Yarygin helped his father at his blacksmith workshop.[8] As a teenager he wanted to become a football goalkeeper, and took up wrestling only in 1966, aged 18. He then was drafted and went on to win the Soviet Armed Forces heavyweight championships in Sambo wrestling, gaining the Master of Sports degree in Sambo. He then switched to freestyle wrestling, and won 1968 Russian SFSR national youth championships and 1969 Soviet youth championships.

Prime years

In 1970, he won the Soviet title competing in senior division, beating his main rival Vladimir Gulyutkin; he lost to Gulyutkin in 1971, but beat him again at the 1972 Olympic Trials and was selected for the Munich Olympics. At the Olympics he won all five bouts by fall, spending on the mat a little more than 7 minutes instead of 45.[5] Three months prior to the Olympics, he won the 1972 European Championships, winning all bouts by fall. When first appeared in the United States for the 1973 World Cup and the subsequent wrestling tour, the U.S.—Soviet Olympic freestyle wrestling exhibition, where he and the USSR National Wrestling Team met the United States National Team (composed of both National AAU, Athletes in Action and NCAA Wrestling Team Championship winners,) the American press described him as "a blue-eyed, red-haired, 24-year-old wrestler from the Soviet Union who spreads 220 pounds over an awesome, statuesque frame that might have been hammered and chiseled out of a granite block cornerstone from the Tomb of Lenin."[9][7] He was a flagbearer for the Soviet wrestling team while on the U.S. tour.[10] When Yarygin wrestled Russell Hellickson (whom he had his shoulder dislocated at their previous match-up at the Olympics) at Hellickson's hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, Yarygin let him up to prevent further injury,[10] and wrestled just hard enough to protect himself until Hellickson finally fainted to pain.[11]

After the Olympics, he won the 1973 World Championships, again all bouts by fall. Thus Yarygin became the only wrestler to win three consecutive major competitions, scoring only fall victories. He then lost several minor contests, and decided to retire from competition, settled in his native village of Sizaya, where he worked as a lumberjack in Taiga forest. Outdoor activity helped him to regain his strength and confidence, and he came back in 1974 to continue his victorious streak. His next Olympic victory in 1976 was less spectacular because he wrestled the whole tournament with two broken ribs. After that Yarygin was selected as the Soviet Olympic flag bearer at the closing ceremony.[12]

Coming to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for the match-up versus the American National Wrestling Team, Soviet wrestlers were welcomed officially by Mayor Walter Lisman, and were given a key to Wilkes-Barre by the mayor.[13]

Retirement

While preparing for the Moscow Olympics Yarygin realized that the young Soviet wrestler Ilya Mate has a better chance for the gold medal (which he indeed won). Yarygin retired from competition permanently in 1980 and became a wrestling coach. In 1982–92, he trained the Soviet freestyle wrestling team, and in 1993–1997 headed the Russian Wrestling Federation.[5] He was a key organizer of the 1997 World Wrestling Championships in Krasnoyarsk.[12]

International competition record

International competition record (incomplete)[14]
Res. Opponent Method Time/
Score 		Date Event Location Venue
1980 World Cup Winner at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Larry Bielenberg Fall 1:14 1980-03-30 1980 World Cup Template:Flagicon Toledo, Ohio Centennial Hall
Win Template:Flagicon Wyatt Wishart — — 1980-03-28
Win Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Obayashi — — 1980-03-28
Win Template:Flagicon Bárbaro Morgan — — 1980-03-28
Win Template:Flagicon Ibrahima Sarr — — 1980-03-28
Loss Template:Flagicon Howard Harris Decision 7–8 1980-03-26 U.S.—Soviet all-star dual meet Template:Flagicon Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls Civic Center
Win Template:Flagicon Fred Bohna Fall 1:07 1979-04-07 Athletes in Action challenge Template:Flagicon Anaheim, California Anaheim Convention Center
Win Template:Flagicon 1979-04 U.S.—Soviet all-star series
Olympic freestyle wrestling four-city tour 		Template:Flagicon Phoenix, Arizona
— Template:Flagicon Larry Bielenberg Decision 3–10 1979-04-02 Template:Flagicon Rapid City, South Dakota Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
1979 World Cup Winner at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Fred Bohna Inactivity 1979-04-01 1979 World Cup Template:Flagicon Toledo, Ohio Centennial Hall
Win Template:Flagicon Bárbaro Morgan — 1979-03-31
Win Template:Flagicon Ahmed Hamida Fall — 1979-03-31
Win Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Yamamoto Fall — 1979-03-31
Win Template:Flagicon Larry Bielenberg — 1979-03-31
Win Template:Flagicon John Setter[15] Fall 8:07 1979-03-28 U.S.—Soviet all-star series
Olympic freestyle wrestling four-city tour 		Template:Flagicon Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania King's College Gym
Win Template:Flagicon 1979-03-26 Template:Flagicon New York City Felt Forum
1977 World Cup Winner at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Harold Smith Fall 0:27 1977-03-27 1977 World Cup Template:Flagicon Toledo, Ohio Centennial Hall
Win Template:Flagicon Steve Daniar Fall 1977-03-26
Win Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Yatsu Fall 1977-03-26
1976 Olympic Gold Medalist at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Russell Hellickson Decision 19–13 1976-07-27 1976 Summer Olympics Template:Flagicon Montreal Maurice Richard Arena
Win Template:Flagicon Petr Drozda Tech Fall 5:30 1976-07-27
Win Template:Flagicon Dimo Kostov Decision 16–5 1976-07-27
Win Template:Flagicon Daniel Verník Tech Fall 1:26 1976-07-27
Win Template:Flagicon Harald Büttner Decision 13–5 1976-07-27
1976 European Champion at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Dimo Kostov — — 1976-04-18 1976 European Championship Template:Flagicon Leningrad Yubileyny Sports Palace
Win Template:Flagicon Mehmet Güçlü — — 1976-04-18
Win Template:Flagicon Petr Drozda — — 1976-04-18
Win Template:Flagicon 1976-03- U.S.—Soviet all-star series
Olympic freestyle wrestling tour 		Template:Flagicon Miami, Florida
Win Template:Flagicon Jeff Smith Fall 0:23 1976-03-04 Template:Flagicon East Lansing, Michigan Jenison Fieldhouse
1976 World Cup Winner at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Greg Wojciechowski 1976-03-01 1976 World Cup Template:Flagicon Toledo, Ohio Toledo Field House
Win Template:Flagicon R. Sookhtsarat Decision 4–2 1976-02-29
Win Template:Flagicon Steve Daniar — — 1976-02-29
1975 European Champion at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Loss Template:Flagicon Harald Büttner — — 1975-05-01 1975 European Championship Template:Flagicon Ludwigshafen
Win Template:Flagicon Dimo Kostov — — 1975-05-01
Win Template:Flagicon Edward Żmudziejewski — — 1975-05-01
Win Template:Flagicon Petr Drozda — — 1975-05-01
1974 European Silver Medalist at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Loss Template:Flagicon Harald Büttner — — 1974-06-24 1974 European Championship Template:Flagicon Madrid Palacio de Deportes
Win Template:Flagicon 1974-04-05 U.S.—Soviet all-star series
Olympic freestyle wrestling
six-city tour 		Template:Flagicon Alexandria, Virginia
Win Template:Flagicon Jim Duschen Fall >3:00 1974-04-02 Template:Flagicon Chattanooga, Tennessee University of Tennessee Arena
Win Template:Flagicon Buck Deadrich Fall 8:41 1974-03-30 Template:Flagicon Berkeley, California Harmon Gym
Win Template:Flagicon Larry Amundson Fall 2:48 1974-03-27 Template:Flagicon San Diego, California Peterson Gym
Template:CGuest Soviet wrestling clinic demonstration 1974-03-23 Template:Flagicon Long Beach, California Long Beach State Gym
Win Template:Flagicon Buck Deadrich Fall >3:00 1974-03-22 Long Beach Arena
Win Template:Flagicon Buck Deadrich Fall 2:34 1974-03-19 Template:Flagicon New York City Felt Forum
1973 World Champion at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Buck Deadrich Fall >6:00 1973-09-06 1973 World Championship Template:Flagicon Tehran Aryamehr Indoor Stadium
Win Template:Flagicon József Csatári Fall 1973-09-09
Win Template:Flagicon Dimitar Nekov Fall — 1973-09-06
1973 World University Games Champion at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Buck Deadrich — — 1973-08-15 1973 World University Games Template:Flagicon Moscow Lenin Palace of Sports
Win Template:Flagicon Dimitar Stankov — — 1973-08-15
Win Template:Flagicon Henk Schenk Decision 6–3 1973-06-01 U.S.—Soviet all-star series
Olympic freestyle wrestling
four-city tour 		Template:Flagicon New York City Felt Forum
Win Template:Flagicon Nick Curollo Fall 1:04 1973-05-30 Template:Flagicon Brockport, New York Brockport State Gym
Win Template:Flagicon Greg Wojciechowski Decision 3–1 1973-05-26 Template:Flagicon Columbus, Ohio St. John Arena
Win Template:Flagicon Russell Hellickson Default (9–0) >6:00 1973-05-23 Template:Flagicon Madison, Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House
1973 World Cup Winner at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Russell Hellickson Fall 1:56 1973-05-20 1973 World Cup Template:Flagicon Toledo, Ohio Toledo Field House
Win Template:Flagicon Claude Pilon Fall 0:17 1973-05-19
Win Template:Flagicon Shizuo Yada Fall 1973-05-19
1972 Olympic Gold Medalist at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon József Csatári Fall 2:04 1972-08-31 1972 Summer Olympics Template:Flagicon Munich Messe München
Win Template:Flagicon Khorloo Bayanmunkh Fall 5:21 1972-08-31
Win Template:Flagicon Enache Panait Fall 1:47 1972-08
Win Template:Flagicon Abolfazl Anvari Fall 2:58 1972-08
Win Template:Flagicon Harry Geris Fall 2:20 1972-08
Win Template:Flagicon Gerd Bachmann Fall 2:11 1972-08
Win Template:Flagicon Bruno Jutzeler Fall 0:27 1972-08-27
1972 European Champion at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win Template:Flagicon Vasil Todorov Fall — 1972-04-24 1972 European Championship Template:Flagicon Katowice Spodek Arena
Win Template:Flagicon Gerd Bachmann Fall — 1972-04-24
Win Template:Flagicon Enache Panait Fall — 1972-04-24
1970 European Silver Medalist at 100kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Loss Template:Flagicon Ahmet Ayık — — 1970-06-09 1970 European Championship Template:Flagicon East Berlin
Win Template:Flagicon Vasil Todorov Fall — 1970-06-09
Win Template:Flagicon Gerd Bachmann Fall — 1970-06-09
Win Template:Flagicon Enache Panait Fall — 1970-06-09
Win Template:Flagicon Karel Engel Fall — 1970-06-09

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Death and legacy

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The Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber named after Yarygin

Yarygin was killed in a car crash in 1997, crashing his car into a roadside-parked heavy truck.[12] Earlier in 1990, an annual wrestling tournament in his honor has been initiated in Krasnoyarsk, the city where he lived since 1966; in 1998 a sports venue in Krasnoyarsk has been renamed into the Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace, and in March 2002 his monument was opened in the city. His other monuments were installed in Moscow in 1998, in Stavropol Krai (near the place of his death) in 2012, and in Abakan in 2013.[16] A secondary school[17] and a wrestling complex in Moscow are named after Yarygin. In 2010 Yarygin was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame.[5]

Books

References

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  14. ↑ Details of Ivan Yarygin profile available at the United World Wrestling Database.
  15. ↑ Setter was an alternate for Jeff Blatnick, who withdrew due to health issues.
  16. ↑ Памятник Ивану Ярыгину в Абакане Template:Webarchive. Yarygin Museum
  17. ↑ МБОУ Московская средняя школа им. Ивана Ярыгина. Yarygin Museum

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