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Aleksandr Karelin (Russia)
Unbeaten in 13 years, Siberian-born Karelin won his first gold in the super heavyweight division of Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Unbeaten in 13 years, Siberian-born Karelin won his first gold in the super heavyweight division of Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
He repeated the feat in Barcelona and Atlanta, becoming the first wrestler to win the same weight division three times. In the 2000 Sydney Games, Karelin lost in the final, and walked away with silver.
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