Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937)

This article is about the Soviet wrestler born in 1937. For the Soviet wrestler born in 1931, see Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1931).
Boris Gurevich
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City 87 kg
World Championships
1967 Delhi 87 kg
1969 Mar del Plata 90 kg
1961 Yokohama 87 kg
European Championships
1967 Istanbul 87 kg
1970 Berlin 90 kg
USSR Championships
1967 Moscow 87 kg
1966 Novosibirsk 87 kg
1965 Yerevan 87 kg
1961 Tallinn 87 kg
1958 Tbilisi 87 kg
1957 Kyiv 87 kg

Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler.

The figure of Boris Gurevich served as a model for the allegorical sculpture of the Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich "Let's Forge Swords into Plowshares", installed in 1957 in New York near the UN building.

Gurevich, who was Jewish, was born in Kiev, Ukraine.

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