Time Magazine Article - September 26, 2000 |
Ask Alexander Karelin to name his greatest challenge, and he will tell you about the time he outwrestled a refrigerator that weighed nearly twice as much as he did. Clamping a bear hug on the applianc...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:11:00 GMT |
Sports Illustrated Article - May 13, 1991 |
Alexander Karelin Story from Sports Illustrated May 13, 1991
A Bruiser and a Thinker: Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler Alexander Karelin is a rare combination of massive physique and imposing intellect .
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Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:22:00 GMT |
Awards and Accomplishments |
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1985
Wins Espoir World Championship
1987
Wins World Cup Championship
1988
Wins European Championship
1988, 1992, 1996
Olympic gold medals
1989-91, 1993-95, 1998-99
Wins European and World ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:29:00 GMT |
Chronology |
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1967
Born September 19 in Novobirsk, Siberia
1980
Takes up wrestling at age 13
1988
Wins Olympic gold medal in Seoul, South Korea; also wins European Championship
1989-91, 1993-95, 1998-99
Wi...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:17:00 GMT |
A Brilliant Career Ends |
Finally, the impossible happened. Alexander Karelin lost a match. In one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history, American Rulon Gardner, a relative unknown, defeated Karelin 1-0 in the super-heavywe...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:08:00 GMT |
A Political Career |
In 1999, Russian President Vladimir Putin's Unity Party selected Karelin to run for a seat representing his hometown in the parliament. Karelin was elected in December 1999, although he disliked campa...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:06:00 GMT |
A Terrifying Maneuver |
In 1986, Karelin lost only one matchto 6-foot, 5-inch, 280-pound world champion Igor Rostorotsky. The following year, Karelin became the world junior champion and a member of the Soviet national team...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:02:00 GMT |
Siberian Childhood |
I was born in Novobirsk, Siberia, where my great-grandparents, progressive intellectuals, had been dispatched against their will. Temperatures there can reach -50 degrees farenheit. Nicholas...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:57:00 GMT |
