Alexei Zakharovich Katulin ( - ) - Soviet classic-style wrestler , champion and prize - winner of the USSR championships , Honored Master of Sports of the USSR ( 1936 ), Honored Trainer of the USSR ( 1956 ), Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR (1972) [1] . Member of World War II .
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| A country |  Russian Empire →  the USSR | ||||
| Specialization | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||
| Club | SKIF ( Moscow ) | ||||
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| Sports career | 1922-1938 | ||||
| Trainer | Ivanov V.A. | ||||
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Biography
He worked at a shoe factory, played football in his free time, and skated. He became interested in wrestling in 1922. In the 1930s he was one of the strongest fighters of the USSR [2] . He participated in six championships of the USSR (1933-1939). Judge of the All-Union Category (1937).
During the Great Patriotic War, he commanded a partisan detachment in the Smolensk region . During one of the battles he was heavily shell-shocked and captured. As an officer and a communist, he was threatened with execution, which he, however, managed to avoid. After four unsuccessful escape attempts, he still managed to escape from captivity [2] .
Honorary judge of the All-Union category (1956), judge of the international category (1955). Head of the department of wrestling, dean of the sports faculty of the SCOLIFK . Coach of the USSR national freestyle wrestling team. Member of World War II . Chairman of the USSR Wrestling Federation. In 1956-1970, the vice president of the International Amateur Wrestling Federation .
He became the chairman of the Soviet Wrestling Federation and the first domestic vice-president of the International Wrestling Federation. He was one of those who prepared the Soviet wrestlers for a triumphant debut at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki [2] .
Athletic Results
- USSR Championship in Classical Wrestling 1933 - ;
- USSR Championship in Classical Wrestling 1934 - ;
- USSR Championship in Classical Wrestling 1935 - ;
- USSR Championship in Classical Wrestling 1938 - ;
- In the period from 1927 to 1937 at international competitions in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Turkey, Finland held 86 meetings and won everything.
Interesting Facts
- Boris Raevsky ’s story “Vice President” is dedicated to “A remarkable Soviet wrestler and coach, FILA vice president Alexei Katulin” . [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR of January 17, 1972
- ↑ 1 2 3 Arseny Zamostyanov. Twelve Olympic legends . histor.rf. Date of treatment October 5, 2016.
- ↑ Boris Raevsky. Let the fittest win (stories). - M .: Children's literature , 1985. - 127 p.
Links
- Katulin Alexey Zakharovich . 6anki.rf. Date of treatment October 5, 2016.