Vladimir Maneyev

Vladimir Petrovich Maneyev (Russian: Владимир Петрович Манеев; 5 February 1932 – 8 January 1985) was a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world welterweight title in 1955 and placed second at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Vladimir Maneyev
Personal information
Born5 February 1932
Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died8 January 1985 (aged 52)
Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubMetallurg Novokuznetsk
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne -73 kg
World Championships
1955 Karlsruhe -73 kg
World Cup
1956 Istanbul -73 kg

Maneyev took up wrestling in 1948 while working as a machinist in a metallurgy plant. He won the Soviet welterweight titles in 1954–55, placing second in 1952 and 1956. Besides his 1955 world title he also won the 1956 World Cup. After the Olympics, he switched to middleweight and then light-heavyweight, but his only major achievements in the heavier weights was silver medal at the 1962 national championships. He retired in 1976.[3]

Maneyev graduated from the Siberian Metallurgic Institute with a mining degree in 1959, and in 1960–68 worked as a mine foreman, and later as section head at the Ordzhonikidze coal mine near his native Novokuznetsk. From 1968 to 1985 he took various positions at the Listvyansky coal mining quarry. He died of a heart attack aged 52. Since 2006 a memorial tournament in his honor has been held in Novokuznetsk.[1]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimir Maneyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. Maneev, Vladimir (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. Манеев Владимир Петрович. новокузнецк400.рф


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