Anatoly Kolesov

Anatoly Kolesov

Personal information
Born	18 January 1938 Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Died	2 January 2012 (aged 73) Moscow, Russia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	CSKA Moscow
Coached by	Aleksandr Mazur
Medal record Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo -78 kg World Championships 1962 Toledo -78 kg 1963 Helsingborg -78 kg 1965 Tampere -78 kg

Anatoly Ivanovich Kolesov (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Колесов, 18 January 1938 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the world welterweight title in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic gold medal in 1964.

Kolesov won only two Soviet titles, in 1959 and 1964. He retired in 1965, and in 1966–69 was the head coach of the Soviet national wrestling team. From 1969 to 1992 he served as deputy chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport with the Council of Soviet Ministers. He headed the Soviet Wrestling Federation in 1991, and the Soviet and then Russian wrestling teams at the 1972–2004 Olympics.