![]() Pavel Pinigin in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Dirin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | March 12, 1953||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mariya Pinigina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pavel Pinigin ( Russian: Павел Павлович Пинигин; Yakut: Пинигин Павел Павлович; born 12 March 1953) is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also three times world champion in freestyle wrestling. [1] He is married to athlete and Olympic champion Mariya Pinigina. [2]
Pinigin competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the lightweight class. [3]
![]() Pavel Pinigin in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Dirin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | March 12, 1953||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mariya Pinigina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pavel Pinigin ( Russian: Павел Павлович Пинигин; Yakut: Пинигин Павел Павлович; born 12 March 1953) is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also three times world champion in freestyle wrestling. [1] He is married to athlete and Olympic champion Mariya Pinigina. [2]
Pinigin competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the lightweight class. [3]