Vladimir Sinyavsky

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]

Vladimir Sinyavsky

Personal information
Born	18 February 1932 Zinkivske, Derhachi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died	27 December 2012 (aged 80)
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Lokomotiv Kyiv
Coached by	Armenak Yaltyryan
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome -67 kg World Championships 1959 Tehran -67 kg 1961 Yokohama -67 kg World Cup 1958 Sofia -67 kg

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]