Pavel Pinigin (; ; born 12 March 1953) is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also three times world champion in freestyle wrestling. He is married to athlete and Olympic champion Mariya Pinigina.

Olympics

Pinigin competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the lightweight class.

Pavel Pinigin

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1953 births

Living people

Soviet male sport wrestlers

Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union

Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Russian male sport wrestlers

Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic medalists in wrestling

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Yakut people

National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport alumni

Sportspeople from Sakha

People from Yakutsk

Pavel Pinigin