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Nikolay Balboshin

Full name: Nikolay Fyodorovich Balboshin
Original name: Николай Фёдорович Балбошин
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Weight: 220 lbs (100 kg)
Born: June 8, 1949 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Affiliations: Dynamo Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
Country: URS Soviet Union
Sport: Wrestling

Medals: 1 Gold (1 Total)

Biography

In 1976 at Montreal, Nikolay Balboshin put on one of the most dominating displays ever in Olympic wrestling. He had five matches, and won all of them by pins, needing only 16 minutes, 48 seconds, to complete all five matches. This was Balboshin's only Olympic appearance but he won Greco-roman world championships in 1973 and 1974 and he also won six European Championships as a heavyweight – 1973, 1975-79 – all in Greco-roman. From 1973-79 he was Soviet champion as well.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1980 Summer 31 Moskva Wrestling Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman Soviet Union URS 7

Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result BP MR
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Final Standings 1 1976-07-20
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Final Round Match #1 1 1976-07-24 Balboshin (URS) fall (2:04), Skrzydlewski (POL)
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Four 1 1976-07-23 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Four Match #2 1 1976-07-23 Balboshin (URS) fall (3:58), Rheingans (USA) 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Three 1 1976-07-22 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Three Match #4 1 1976-07-22 Balboshin (URS) fall (3:32), Farkas (HUN) 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Two 1T 1976-07-21 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Two Match #6 1 1976-07-21 Balboshin (URS) DQ (5:51), Goranov (BUL) 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round One 1T 1976-07-20 0,0
1976 Summer 27 Montréal Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round One Match #5 1 1976-07-20 Balboshin (URS) fall (1:23), Martinescu (ROU) 0,0
1980 Summer 31 Moskva Wrestling Soviet Union URS Final Standings 7 1980-07-21
1980 Summer 31 Moskva Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Two 4T 1980-07-21 4,0
1980 Summer 31 Moskva Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Two Match #2 2 1980-07-21 Andrei (ROU) injury (1:53), Balboshin (URS) 4,0
1980 Summer 31 Moskva Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round One 1T 1980-07-21 0,0
1980 Summer 31 Moskva Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round One Match #1 1 1980-07-21 Balboshin (URS) fall (5:06), Gáspár (HUN) 0,0