Igor Rostorotsky

Soviet wrestler (born 1962)

Igor Rostorotsky

Personal information

Born

4 February 1962 (1962-02-04) (age 62)
Anapa, Russia

Height

1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)^[1]

Weight

125 kg (276 lb)

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Club

Dynamo Karagandy

Medal record

Representing the Soviet Union

World Championships
	1985 Kolbotn	130 kg
	1987 Clermont-Ferrand	130 kg
World Cup
	1984 Seinäjoki	+100 kg
	1986 Oak Lawn	130 kg
	1988 Athens	130 kg
European Championships
	1984 Jönköping	+100 kg
	1985 Leipzig	130 kg
	1987 Tampere	130 kg
Junior World Championships
	1981 Vancouver	+100 kg
Youth European Championships
	1982 Leipzig	+100 kg

Igor Dmitrievich Rostorotsky (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Ростороцкий; born 4 February 1962)^[2] is a retired Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the superheavyweight division. He won both the world and European titles in 1985 and 1987.^[3]^[4] He was the first, and one of only two wrestlers to defeat Aleksandr Karelin, having won the 1987 championship of the Soviet Union,^[5] after which Karelin would dominate their rivalry from then on.^[6]

Rostorotsky was born in Russia, but later moved to Kazakhstan and graduated from the Karagandy State University with a degree in law.^[1]^[2] He was also named a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1986).^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Rostorotzki, Igor (URS). at.uni-leipzig.de
^ ^a ^b Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
^ История школы высшего спортивного мастерства. karsport.kz
^ "РОСТОРОЦКИЙ Игорь Дмитриевич". infosport.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-10.
^ Карелин Александр Александрович Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. Russian Wrestling Federation
^ Dawidoff, Nicholas (1991-05-13). "A Bruiser and A Thinker". Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
^ "РОСТОРОЦКИЙ Игорь Дмитриевич". infosport.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-18.