Vladimir Yumin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet-Russian sport wrestler
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Place of Birth: Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia
About Vladimir Yumin
- Vladimir Sergeyevich Yumin (Russian: ???????? ????????? ????; 18 December 1951 – 4 March 2016) was a Russian freestyle wrestler.
- He won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and world titles in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979, placing second in 1975 and third in 1973.
- He was also European champion in 1975–77.
- Domestically, Yumin won Soviet titles in 1973–75 and 1978.
- He placed third at the 1980 Soviet Championships and did not qualify for the Olympics.
- After that he retired and worked as a wrestling coach with the Turkish national team.
- In 2009 he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame. Yumin was born in Omsk in Siberia, but soon moved to the south to Kaspiysk.
- He spent most of his life there, and died of a heart attack aged 64.
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