Igor Rostorotsky


Igor Dmitrievich Rostorotsky is a retired Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the superheavyweight division. He won both the world and European titles in 1985 and 1987. He was the first, and one of only two wrestlers to defeat Aleksandr Karelin, by technicality via scoring a single point on him at the 1987 Soviet Union Nationals.
Rostorotsky was born in Russia, but later moved to Kazakhstan and graduated from the Karagandy State University with a degree in law.