Vladimir Sinyavsky
Personal information
Born18 February 1932
Zinkivske, Derhachi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died27 December 2012 (aged 80)
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubLokomotiv Kyiv
Coached byArmenak Yaltyryan
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome -67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1959 Tehran-67 kg
Silver medal – second place1961 Yokohama-67 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1958 Sofia -67 kg

Vladimir Ivanovich Synyavsky (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Синявський; 18 February 1932 – 27 December 2012) was a lightweight freestyle wrestler from Ukraine who won a world title in 1959 and placed second at the 1960 Olympics and 1961 World Championships.[1][2] At the 1959 World Championships he won all his opponents by fall.[3]

Sinyavsky took up wrestling in 1950, when he started to work at the Kharkiv Electromechanical Plant UkrElektroMash, and won the Soviet lightweight title in 1957–59 and 1961, finishing second in 1960. His left wrist was handicapped for life by an explosion during World War II.[3] After retiring from competitions in 1966 he worked as a wrestling coach in Kyiv.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Volodymyr Syniavskiy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Sinjawski, Wladimir (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. 1 2 Вспоминая Владимира Синявского. ukrwrestling.com (18 February 2016)


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