Matwaj Baranow
Israeli amateur wrestler
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| Intro | Israeli amateur wrestler | |
| Places | Israel | |
| is | Wrestler Amateur wrestler | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 2 September 1965 | |
| Age | 59 years | |
| Star sign | Virgo |
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Biography
Matwai Baranov (also known as "Matvai"; מאטוויי ברנוב; born September 2, 1965) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.
Wrestling career
Baranov came 9th in the 1991 World Wrestling Championships at 68.0 kg. in Greco-Roman wrestling.
He competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in wrestling at the age of 26. He wrestled in the Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman, and lost to Stoyan Stoyanov of Bulgaria in Round Two, and to bronze medal winner Rodney Smith of the United States in Round Three.