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Valery Rezantsev

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Referee
SexMale
Full nameValery Grigoryevich•Rezantsev
Used nameValery•Rezantsev
Original nameВалерий Григорьевич•Резанцев
Born8 October 1946 in Novomoskovsk, Tula (RUS)
Measurements176 cm / 90 kg
AffiliationsDynamo Almaty, Almaty (KAZ)
NOC Russian Federation Soviet Union
Nationality Kazakhstan
Medals OG
Gold 2
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 2

Biography

Valery Rezantsev, who did bicycle racing in his youth and took up wrestling in 1963, wrestled exclusively as a light-heavyweight in the Greco-Roman class. He won seven consecutive championships at the Olympics and World Championships in 1970-76, winning Olympic gold in 1972 and 1976, and World gold in 1970-71, and 1973-75. Rezantsev also won European championships in 1970, 1973, and 1974. He was Soviet champion from 1970-75. After finishing his sporting career, Rezantsev has worked as a wrestling coach. Since 2009 an annual youth tournament in his honor has been held in Taganrog, Russia. In 2003, Rezantsev was one of the first ten inductees elected to the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1972 Summer Olympics Wrestling URS KAZ Valery Rezantsev
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Wrestling URS KAZ Valery Rezantsev
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) 1 Gold

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
2000 Summer Olympics Wrestling RUS Valery Rezantsev
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Amiran Kardanov — Behnam Tayebi Kermani Referee
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Ali Reza Dabir — Gia Sissaouri Judge
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match 5/6 Arshak Hayrapetyan — Carlos Ortiz Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Alexander Leipold — Mun Ui-Je Judge
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Adem Bereket — Árpád Ritter Referee
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Alik Muzaiev — Rein Ozoline Judge
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Ali Reza Heidari — Ahmet Doğu Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Constantin Borăscu — Mohamed Barguaoui Judge
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Filiberto Azcuy — Ender Memet Referee
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Heath Sims — Katsuhiko Nagata Judge
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Marko Yli-Hannuksela — Kim Jin-Su Judge
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Kim Jin-Su — Nazmi Avluca Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Ara Abrahamian — Dimitrios Avramis Judge
2004 Summer Olympics Wrestling RUS Valery Rezantsev
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Radoslav Velikov — Shaun Williams Judge
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #5 O Song-Nam —  Referee
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Vasyl Fedoryshyn — Ulan Nadyrbek Judge
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Gia Sissaouri — Tevfik Odabaşı Judge
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Yandro Quintana — Sushil Kumar Referee
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Gábor Hatos — Štefan Fernyák Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Hidekazu Yokoyama — Anuj Kumar Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Siarhei Borchanka — Magomed Kurugliyev Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 István Majoros — Lázaro Rivas Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Ercan Yıldız — Svajūnas Adomaitis Referee
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Dariusz Jabłoński — Mukesh Khatri Judge
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Eusebiu Diaconu — Jim Gruenwald Referee
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Levente Füredy — Kim In-Seop Referee
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match 5/6 Danil Khalimov —  Judge
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Alexios Kolitsopoulos — Vüqar Aslanov Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match 5/6 Mijaín López —  Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Mihály Deák-Bárdos — Juha Ahokas Judge
Flyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #1 Angélique Berthenet — Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal Referee
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Match #3 Maria Louiza Vryoni — Ochirbatyn Burmaa Referee