![]() Kocsis vs. Bykov (right) at the 1980 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Magadan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 6 August 1953|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Viktor Yermakov [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anatoly Mikhailovich Bykov ( Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Быков, born 6 August 1953) is a retired Soviet welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a world title in 1975 and an Olympic gold medal in 1976, and placed second at the 1978 European Championships and 1980 Olympics, both times behind Ferenc Kocsis. [2] [3]
Bykov lived for many years in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where in 1975 he married and graduated from the institute of physical education. [4] He holds a Kazakhstani passport, but lives in Canada, where he works in building construction. [1]