Roman Vladimirovich Rurua ( ka, რომან რურუა, born 25 November 1942) is a retired featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

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. He competed for the

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at the

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and

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and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. Between 1966 ad 1970 he was undefeated internationally and won four consecutive world titles. At the 1971 World Championships he injured his back and placed sixth. Domestically, he won Soviet titles in different weight divisions in 1963–1965, 1967, 1970 and 1971. In 1972 he retired from competitions, graduated from Georgian Polytechnic Institute, and started to work as an engineer. In 1988 he co-founded the political organization Sporting Georgia, and in 1999–2003 was a member of

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. Rurua also served as vice-president of the Georgian Wrestling Federation and was inducted into the

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International Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.Hall of Fame – Greco-Roman
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1942 births Living people Martial artists from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Members of the Parliament of Georgia Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Soviet male sport wrestlers {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub