Shamil Serikov (5 March 1956 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR – 22 November 1989) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion. He competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow where he won a gold medal in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

, the ''bantamweight'' class. Serikov committed suicide in 1989.

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1956 births 1989 suicides Sportspeople from Almaty Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Suicides in the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Suicides in Kazakhstan {{USSR-wrestling-bio-stub