| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sfreestyle wrestling | ||
Representingthe Soviet Union | ||
Olympic Games | ||
 | 1968 Mexico City | 87 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| 1967 Delhi | 87 kg |
| 1969 Mar del Plata | 90 kg |
 | 1961 Yokohama | 87 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| 1967 Istanbul | 87 kg |
| 1970 Berlin | 90 kg |
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (alsoGurevitch,Gurewitsch, orHurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler.[1][2]
The figure of Boris Gurevich served as a model for the allegorical sculpture of the Soviet sculptorYevgeny Vuchetich "Let's Forge Swords into Plowshares", installed in 1957 in New York near the UN building.[3][4]
Gurevich, who wasJewish, was born inKiev, Ukraine.[1][2]
Gurevich won the1968 Summer Olympic Gamesfreestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal inMexico City.[1][2][5] He finished ahead of silver medalistJigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia and bronze medalistProdan Gardzhev of Bulgaria.[6][7]
He won a silver medal at the1961 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, a gold medal at the1967 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the1969 World Wrestling Championships at 90 kilograms. He won a gold medal at the1967 European Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the1970 European Wrestling Championships at 90 kilograms.[1]
He was inducted into theInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[5]
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