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Alexander Karelin
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Soviet-Russian wrestler
AI overview
Alexander Karelin was a dominant Soviet and Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed at the highest levels of the sport during the late Cold War and post-Soviet era. He is significant as one of the most successful wrestlers in Olympic history, known for his exceptional strength and technical skill in his weight class.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Family name
- Karelin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Novosibirsk
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Employer
- Federation Council
- Political party
- United Russia
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Sport
- wrestling
- Member of team
- Dynamo Sports Club
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 130
- Official website
- www.karelin.ru
- Image
- Сенатор Карелин.jpg
- Height
- 191
- Work location
- Moscow
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- Commons category
- Aleksandr Karelin
- date of birth
- 1967-09-19
- head coach
- Viktor Kuznetsov
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- member of
- Federation Council
- P10632
- Alexander Karelin
- sports discipline competed in
- wrestling
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul130 kg
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