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Born | 4 February 1962 Anapa, Russia | (age 62)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Karagandy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Dmitrievich Rostorotsky (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Ростороцкий; born 4 February 1962)[2] is a retired Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the superheavyweight division. He won both the world and European titles in 1985 and 1987.[3][4] He was the first, and one of only two wrestlers to defeat Aleksandr Karelin, having won the 1987 championship of the Soviet Union,[5] after which Karelin would dominate their rivalry from then on.[6]
Rostorotsky was born in Russia, but later moved to Kazakhstan and graduated from the Karagandy State University with a degree in law.[1][2]