Roman Dmitriev

Roman Dmitriev

Dmitriev (center) at the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born	7 March 1949 Zhigansky District, Yakut ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union1
Died	11 February 2010 (aged 60) Moscow, Russia1
Height	154 cm (5 ft 1 in)1
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	CSKA Moscow
Coached by	Dimitri Gorkin Sergey Preobrashensky2
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1972 Munich 48 kg 1976 Montreal 48 kg World Championships 1973 Tehran 48 kg 1969 Mar del Plata 48 kg 1974 Istanbul 52 kg 1970 Edmonton 48 kg European Championships 1969 Sofia 48 kg 1981 Łódź 48 kg Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia 52 kg

Roman Mikhaylovich Dmitriev (Russian: Роман Михайлович Дмитриев; 7 March 1949 – 11 February 2010) was a Russian freestyle wrestler, coach and politician of Yakut heritage. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. Between 1969 and 1974 he won four medals at world championships, including a gold in 1973; he was also a European champion in 1969. Domestically Dmitriev won the Soviet championships in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979 and 1981.

In 1981 Dmitriev retired from competitions to become a coach of Soviet senior and then junior wrestling teams. He also took various positions at the Russian Wrestling Federation. In 2008 he was elected to the Duma of Sakha Republic. He died in Moscow in 2010.¹