Pavel Pinigin

{{Short description|Soviet wrestler (born 1953)}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Pavel Pinigin |image= Pavel Pinigin, November 2016.jpg |image_size= |caption=Pavel Pinigin in 2016 |weight={{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |height={{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1953|3|12}} |birth_place=Dirin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |death_date= |death_place= |alma_mater= |spouse=Mariya Pinigina |sport=Freestyle wrestling |club= |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalGold| 1976 Montreal |68 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold| 1975 Minsk |68 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1977 Lausanne |68 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1978 Mexico City |68 kg}} }}

'''Pavel Pinigin''' ({{langx|ru|Павел Павлович Пинигин}}; {{langx|sah|Пинигин Павел Павлович}}; 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.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60516 |website=Olympedia |title=Pavel Pinigin |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> He is married to athlete and Olympic champion Mariya Pinigina.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77244 |website=Olympedia |title=Mariya Pinigina |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>

==Olympics== Pinigin competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the ''lightweight'' class.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/pavel-pinigin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/pavel-pinigin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Profile: Pavel Pinigin |publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=9 January 2009}}</ref>

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