Profile details
- Born
- 19 Sep 1967
- Birthplace
- Novosibirsk
- Country
- Russia
- Height
- 191 cm
- Plays
- Greco-Roman
- Career
- 1981–present
- Sport
- Wrestling
- Discipline
- Combat
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Gold Olympic Order
- ▸Hero of the Russian Federation
- ▸Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
- ▸Medal to Participant in Military Operations in Syria
- ▸Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- ▸Order "For Merit to the Republic of Dagestan"
- ▸Order of Alexander Nevsky
- ▸Order of Friendship of Peoples
- ▸Order of Honour
- ▸Order of St. Sava
- ▸Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour
- ▸Silver Olympic Order
Competition Appearances
4 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2000 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
- ·1996 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
- ·1992 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
- ·1988 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Career Timeline
- 1988Competed at wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
- 1992Competed at wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
- 1996Competed at wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
- 2000Competed at wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Statistics
About
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr‿əlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲelʲɪn]; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet Union and Russia between 1986 and 2000. Nicknamed the "Russian Bear", "Russian King Kong", "Alexander the Great", "The Experiment", and "The Crane from Novosibirsk", he is widely considered to be the greatest and most dominant Greco-Roman wrestler of all time.
Biography adapted from Aleksandr Karelin on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.